The success of FTSE’s market indices is founded on a combination of expert research and analysis, clear methodology, and its unique ability to reflect the perceptions and real-world experience of its clients and investors worldwide. FTSE’s attention to the views of market practitioners was an important factor in the 2009 decision by its external governing committees to reclassify South Korea as a Developed Market. It remains a key reason for maintaining this classification today. FTSE believes that to include South Korea in an Emerging Market index creates distortions that fail to reflect the intentions of investors.
FTSE has published a new research report that outlines our approach to classifying South Korea as a developed market.
For the full report, please click here.
