The short-run underpricing of initial public offerings in the Sri Lankan stock market

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 197-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lalith P. Samarakoon
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
SMRK Samarakoon ◽  
KLW Perera

The short-run price performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) indicates that the prices are often underpriced which is widely documented as a universal phenomenon. Corporate governance refers to the set of systems, principles and processes by which a company is governed. Establishing good corporate governance system in an IPO company makes good decisions which attract more outside investors. Therefore, this study examines whether there is any impact of corporate governance practices on short-run price performance of Sri Lankan IPOs. Study examined 44 fixed price IPOs which were listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) during the period of 2003 – January to 2015- December. The study found that Sri Lankan IPOs underprice by 30% on AR, which is statistically significant at 5% level. Further, it found that block holder ownership (ownership concentration), CEO duality and existence of the non-executive directors in the board are positively related to the short-run underpricing, which are statistically significant at 5%. But, the board size has a significant negative impact on underpricing. These relationships are in line with the international literature which confirms that the corporate governance practices have significant impact on short-run price performance of IPOs in Sri Lanka. These findings also support the agency and signaling theories.


Author(s):  
Yao Chen ◽  
Alok Kumar ◽  
Chendi Zhang

Abstract Using Internet search volume for lottery to capture gambling sentiment shifts, we show that when the overall gambling sentiment is strong, investor demand for lottery stocks increases, these stocks earn positive short-run abnormal returns, managers are more likely to split stocks to cater to the increased demand for low-priced lottery stocks, and initial public offerings (IPOs) earn higher first day returns. Further, the sentiment-return relation is stronger among low institutional ownership firms, headquartered in regions where gambling is more acceptable and local bias is stronger. These results suggest that gambling sentiment has a spillover effect on the stock market.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-200
Author(s):  
Lutfa Tilat Ferdous ◽  
Niroshani Parahara Withanalage ◽  
Abyan Amirah Qamaruz Zaman

This study investigates the short-run performance of initial public offerings in Australia. Based on sources from the Morningstar DatAnalysis database, we analyzed 211 Australian publicly traded initial public offerings (IPO) listed on the Australian stock exchange between January 2011 and December 2015 using multiple regression analysis with dummies to represent industry and listing year. According to our analysis, total market return indicates an IPO underpricing phenomenon whereas secondary market shows an overpricing scenario. Moreover, this analysis supports the contention that short-run performance fluctuations were based on the listing year and industry settings. This study contributes to the literature by analysing the short-run performance of both the primary and secondary markets


2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Pommet

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of venture capital (VC) involvement on the survival rate of French initial public offerings (IPOs) during the period 1996-2006. The paper examines the link between the survival rates of IPO companies, and several proxies for the quality of venture capitalist financing and monitoring. Design/methodology/approach To analyze the impact of the involvement of VC on both long and short run post-IPO survival, two methods are used: survival analysis (the Cox proportional hazard), and a logit model. Findings This paper shows that the quality of venture capitalist monitoring, measured by the duration of their investment before the IPO, is positively correlated with company survival rates. However, the author does not find the expected result when the author considers the experience of venture capitalists measured by their age. Research limitations/implications The findings are limited to a sample of VC-backed companies that went public. Practical implications The findings have implications for entrepreneurs. When analyzing the advantages and disadvantages linked to the presence of VC firms in the capital of their companies, entrepreneurs should consider that certain types of venture capitalists might be more or less able to be involved in the monitoring and value adding process. Originality/value To date, there is no comprehensive study on the French IPO market analyzing both long and short run post-IPO survival of VC-backed companies. This paper fills this gap.


1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (3-5) ◽  
pp. 1057-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Pagano ◽  
Fabio Panetta ◽  
Luigi Zingales

Author(s):  
Arvin Ghosh

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) were the most prevalent form to raise capital by firms wanting to go public during the last decade (1990 2000) in the United State. There were thousands of firms that went public for the first time, mostly in the technology-heavy NASDAQ stock market. Along with the regular IPOs came the IPOs backed by venture capitalists, who specialize in financing promising startup companies and bringing them public. As one-third of the IPOs were backed by venture capitalists during 1990 2000, our purpose here is to examine the pricing and long-run performance of the venture-backed and nonventure-backed IPOs that were issued in the NYSE and NASDAQ stock market during the period covered by our study. We have found, among others, that the venture-backed IPOs performed much better as compared to the nonventure-backed IPOs. The returns of the former were consistently higher than the latter during 1900 2000. Also, the price returns as well as the operating ratios and the growth of cash flows, were higher both in the NYSE and NASDAQ market. The regression equations also confirmed closer association with the independent variables belonging to the IPOs backed by venture capital than the non-venture capital.


Author(s):  
Andreas Oehler ◽  
Tim Herberger ◽  
Matthias Horn

This chapter focuses on the German IPO market from 1997 to 2015. More specifically, it provides a descriptive overview of the IPO activities in Germany in the last two decades, and analyzes the IPO market’s dependence on the yearly return and turnover of the German stock market. It shows that most IPOs and highest volumes were observed during the dot-com bubble phase (1997–2000) and that the German IPO market’s liquidity shows a stable development in the last years after the subprime crisis. The results of the regression analyses show that the IPO market activity strongly depends on the overall stock market turnover. But the stock market returns play a subordinated role for the IPO market liquidity in Germany.


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