Asian bourses ‘lead world’ on data distribution speed

Bourses in China, Korea and Taiwan are proving themselves global leaders in formatting company filings and getting them out quickly to investors, says Wendy De Cruz, vice-president for corporate and financial markets at information provider Dow Jones. “It’s impressive what these stock exchanges have been doing,” she adds. “Some Asian exchanges are being really pioneering in terms of processing company filings.” The Shanghai, Shenzhen, Korea and Taiwan stock exchanges put their c…