Stock exchanges in China, Korea and Taiwan are out in front in terms of formatting and disseminating company filings quickly to investors, says Wendy De Cruz of Dow Jones.
Dow Jones Indexes has developed regional versions of the long-standing Dow Jones Industrial Average, including one for Asia, in response to investor demand.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Korea Index is scheduled to go live at the end of the year and will track the largest 200 companies by free-float market capitalisation.