South Korea is ranked eighth in the world in terms of initial public offerings, or IPO, capitalization among 52 member-states of the World Federation of Exchanges. <br /> According to the Korea Exchange,... 80 companies were newly listed either on country's main KOSPI or secondary KOSDAQ stock markets last year,... raising a total of seven-point-four billion U.S. dollars.<br />While the number of firms that made their market debut decreased slightly from the previous year,... the size of the funds raised marked 40 percent on-year growth. <br />
