- Full Time Employees
- 444
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Address
- Istanbul Turkey
- IPO Date
- Jun 7, 2021
- Business
- Ünlü Yatırım Holding A.Ş. (UNLU & Co) is a Turkey-based investment banking, brokerage, and asset management holding company that provides financial advisory, capital markets, wealth management, and alternative investment solutions to corporate, institutional, and high-net-worth individual clients. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, the company operates across four core business segments: Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Solutions. The company's comprehensive portfolio of products and services includes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory, comprising buy-side and sell-side advisory, strategic partnership structuring, and corporate restructurings; corporate debt advisory, encompassing project finance advisory, loan syndications, and debt restructuring; equity capital markets services, consisting of initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, private placements, and block trade execution; debt capital markets solutions, including corporate bond issuance, commercial paper underwriting, and sukuk structuring; institutional brokerage and equity research, offering execution services, algorithmic trading, and macroeconomic and equity research across Borsa İstanbul and international financial markets; private wealth management and investment advisory through its DAHA platform, delivering bespoke portfolio advisory, risk profiling, and asset allocation strategies; fund and asset management through ÜNLÜ Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., managing mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, venture capital investment funds (GSYF), and real estate investment funds (GYF); non-performing loan (NPL) and distressed debt management through İstanbul Varlık Yönetim A.Ş., acquiring, resolving, and servicing retail, SME, and commercial non-performing loan portfolios; and digital retail trading and wealth-tech solutions via its proprietary platform, Piapiri, which provides multi-asset trading in Turkish and U.S. equities, automated robo-advisory signals, thematic investment baskets, and model portfolios. The company delivers its services through operating subsidiaries including ÜNLÜ Menkul Değerler A.Ş., ÜNLÜ Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., İstanbul Varlık Yönetim A.Ş., Piapiri Teknoloji A.Ş., Turkish Alternative Investments Limited (TAIL), UNLU Merchant Bank Limited in the United Kingdom, and UNLU Securities Inc. in the United States. In recent developments, the group expanded its international footprint as its UK subsidiary, formerly UNLU Securities UK Limited, secured regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to expand its operating license and transition into UNLU Merchant Bank Limited, establishing investment banking and individual investment advisory capabilities in London; reorganized its digital investment arm, Piapiri Teknoloji A.Ş., into an independent financial technology enterprise while establishing a strategic partnership with digital banking platform MARS to integrate capital market investment products; acted as lead financial advisor and underwriter on prominent capital market transactions and corporate mandates, including the initial public offerings of Oba Makarna and ebebek, the strategic sale of Getir Araç to TikTak, and the accelerated bookbuild block sale of Rönesans Gayrimenkul Yatırım shares; and continued the expansion of its specialized alternative investment funds across private equity and venture capital.