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What these Statistics Show

The various sets of statistics that you can download from the links below provide clear evidence of the globalisation of the world's capital markets and of the need for global financial reporting standards.

Data on Cross-Border Capital MarketsFile NameWebsite Source
Number of Companies Listed on 51 Major World Stock Exchanges

With domestic and foreign split, at 31 December 2007. These 51 exchanges have over 45,000 companies listed of which about 3,200 are foreign (cross-border) listings.

wfeintl.pdf (470k)
wfeintl.xls (76k)
World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)
Non-US Companies Listed on New York Stock Exchange:
  • 424 companies from 45 jurisdictions at 20 December 2007
nyseintl.pdf (121k)New York Stock Exchange
  • Non-US Additions to New York Stock Exchange 2000-2007
nysenonusadditions.pdf (40k)New York Stock Exchange
Non-US Companies Listed on NASDAQ Market

313 companies from 35 jurisdictions at 21 December 2007.

nasdintl.pdf (17k)NASDAQ
Non-US Companies Registered with the SEC –
1,145 companies from 53 countries at 31 December 2006

(compares with 1,236 companies from 53 jurisdictions at 31 December 2005 and
1,240 companies from 55 jurisdictions at 31 December 2004):
  • Alphabetical Listing of Companies
secforeignalpha2006.pdf (390k)SEC Website
  • Geographic Listing of Companies
secforeigngeographic2006.pdf (394k)SEC Website
  • Listing by US Trading Market
secforeignmarket2006.pdf (44k)SEC Website
  • Geographic Summary by Jurisdiction of Incorporation
secforeignsummary2006.pdf (46k)SEC Website
  • Additional 684 foreign companies whose securities trade in the US claiming exemption from SEC registration because they are registered in, and file comparable information in, their home jurisdiciton or another jurisdiction, at 21 June 2005
secforeignexempt2005june.pdf (399k)SEC Website
Non-UK Companies Listed on London Stock Exchange

Main Board and AIM, 708 companies from 67 jurisdictions at 30 November 2007.

lonintl.pdf (85k)London Stock Exchange
Accounting standards by Prime Standard companies listed on Deutsche-Boerse

Accounting standards applied as of 30 June 2006 (based on the annual reports 2005)

0606deutscheboerese.xls (57k)Deutsche Boerse
Cross Border Lending in OECD Member Jurisdictions:

2000-2003 averages (source BIS and IMF)

Foreign Share of Cross Border Loans (GIF 14k)
Foreign Banks Penetration in Domestic Loan Market (GIF 12k)
OECD Website
Data on Global Business EnterprisesFile NameWebsite Source
Fortune 2007 Global 500Website Link OnlyFortune
International Trade Statistics 2007Website Link OnlyWorld Trade Organization
World Investment Report 2007
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Includes data on foreign direct investment, cross-border mergers, large transnational companies
worldinv2007.pdf (4,926k)UNCTAD
Global Statistics on Transnational Corporations, Trade, Finance, etc.Website LinkUNCTAD Globstat

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