Korea's listed firms top 2,000 mark in 2015: data
Jan 6, 2016
The number of listed companies in South Korea surpassed the 2,000 mark last year due to an initial public offering boom in the KOSDAQ and KONEX markets, data showed Wednesday.According to the Korea Exchange, there were 2,030 firms listed on the benchmark KOSPI market, the tech-heavy KOSDAQ and the KONEX market for ventures and startups as of late 2015, up 125 from 1,905 tallied a year earlier."By market, the number of companies on the KOSPI dipped from 773 to 770, but a surge in IPOs propped up