Of the Asian stock markets, Korea is the fourth largest in equity trading volume, according to the World Federation of Exchanges.

FORBES: South Korean ETFs Launch

The group also committed to advance sustainability reporting through the World Federation of Exchanges, a trade association of 54 publicly regulated stock, futures and options exchanges.

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In the first sixth months of 2010, 478, 969, 487 single stock futures contacts were traded, according to the World Federation of Exchanges, which is up 19% from that same period in 2009.

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Another source of data, the World Federation of Exchanges, notes the number of publicly listed companies on national exchanges has fallen from 8, 823 in 1997, at the height of the dot-com boom, to fewer than 5, 000 at the end of 2011.

FORBES: Private companies pull economy along