Quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of local insights into initial public offerings (IPOs), including market overview (size, issuers and exchanges); rulemaking and enforcement bodies; listing requirements (authorisation process, prospectuses, publicity and marketing, enforcement); timetable and costs; corporate governance (typical requirements, allowances for new issues, takeover rules and anti-takeover devices); foreign issuers (special requirements and selling foreign issues to domestic investors); tax issues; investor claims (fora, class actions, claims, defendants and remedies); and recent trends.