IPO Stock Performance amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Has It been Undervalued?

The purpose of this study is to examine the underpricing phenomenon from IPO firms listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using purposive sampling method, 34 IPO firms after the announcement of pandemic COVID-19 were selected as research samples. The IPO stock closing prices and returns on days 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 were analyzed using paired sample t-test. The findings show underpricing phenomenon still occurred during the pandemic period. However, the underpricing only documented statistically significant on the T1 of the trading day. After the first day of trading, the stock’s returns consistently declined and were proved statistically insignificant at T5, T10, T15, and T20.The purpose of this study is to examine the underpricing phenomenon from IPO firms listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using purposive sampling method, 34 IPO firms after the announcement of pandemic COVID-19 were selected as research samples. The IPO stock closing prices and returns on days 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 were analyzed using paired sample t-test. The findings show underpricing phenomenon still occurred during the pandemic period. However, the underpricing only documented statistically significant on the T1 of the trading day. After the first day of trading, the stock’s returns consistently declined and were proved statistically insignificant at T5, T10, T15, and T20.

COVID 19 Outbreak and Stock Market Return: Evidence from Indonesia

Return is one of the main motivations for investing, the higher the expected return investors will receive, the more they will attract investors. This study analyzes and empirically proves the effect of the COVID 19 outbreak on the Indonesian stock exchange. This study uses daily data from the Covid-19 case, data on the capitalization of the Indonesian stock exchange during the outbreak from March 2 to July 15, 2020, with various Indonesian government policies that began lockdown, regional quarantine and new normal. Panel data regression is used to analyze and empirically prove the impact of Covid 19 on stock returns. The results showed that the daily growth of total confirmed positive cases, the total death cases of Covid 19 had a negative impact on stock returns in the Indonesian stock exchange even though the growth rate of patients who recovered was quite high. In addition, government policies in the form of lockdown of quarantine areas and new normal are not able to strengthen the Jakarta Composite Indeks (JCI), this is because the policy is not able to suppress the number of positive confirmations, but continues to increase. This research contributes to the government making a policy to reduce the number of confirmed cases to be able to strengthen the JCI, and investors can see aspects other than the expected return currently received.

Corporate Internet Financial Reporting: A Cross Country Analysis in The Asia Pacific

The purpose of this study is to provide a comparative analysis of the quality of Corporate Internet Financial Reporting (CIFR) practices in the Asia Pacific. Additionally, this research examines the impact of firm size, listing age, internationalization, and auditor size on CIFR practices. The population in this study are all publicly listed companies in Australia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The sample comprises of non-financial companies in 2019, with 95 Australian companies, 87 Singapore companies, and 85 Indonesian companies. Multivariate analysis is used to examine the hypothesis. The results show that Singapore and Indonesian firms have better CIFR disclosure compared to Australia. In addition, this study finds that some firm characteristics explain the level of CIFR disclosure. Particularly, firm size, internationalization, and auditor type have a significantly positive relationship to CIFR disclosure in the Asia Pacific. While listing age does not explain the level of internet reporting.

The Impact of Carbon Disclosure on Firm Value with Foreign Ownership as A Moderating Variable

The purpose of the study is to analyze the effect of carbon disclosure on firm value and examine the moderation effect of foreign ownership. This study used all of the companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) between 2016 and 2018 as the population and employed a purposive sampling method to determine 194 companies as the final data observation. The data were collected from annual report and sustainability report released by the sample companies and analyzed using Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The result shows that carbon disclosure negatively affects firm value, while, foreign ownership significantly moderates the relationship between both variables.

Green Banking and Performance: The Role of Foreign and Public Ownership

This study aims at examining the effect of green banking practice on bank performance with foreign and public ownerships as moderating variables. Data were collected from 14 Indonesian banking or 98 bank-year observations. The sample banks were participated in the green banking pilot project and listed in investasi hijau (or green investment) index between 2012 and 2018. Using the ordinary least square (OLS) model, this study demonstrates that green banking practices have a negative impact on bank profitability, but a positive impact on bank value. Meanwhile, public ownership strengthens the negative effect of green banking practice on profitability. Foreign ownership weakens the positive impact of green banking practice on bank value. Thus, stakeholders can use green banking practices as a consideration in making financial decisions as it has influence for bank performance.