Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia
Many studies have documented that underpricing of new issues takes place in almost all bourses. However, a review of studies by Dawson (1985), Dawson (1987), and Yong (1990) demonstrates that such a phenomenon provides the highest initial returns in Malaysia. This study examines the aftermarket...
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| author | Syed Daniel B Syed Taha Manimehalai d/o Ilangovan Wan, Foo Yong |
| author2 | Lau Sie Ting |
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| description | Many studies have documented that underpricing of new issues takes place in
almost all bourses. However, a review of studies by Dawson (1985), Dawson (1987),
and Yong (1990) demonstrates that such a phenomenon provides the highest initial
returns in Malaysia.
This study examines the aftermarket performance of new issues in Malaysia
from 1984 to 1992 and presents evidence for underpricing. The empirical results show
that the initial underpricing, that is, the difference between the offer price and the
opening price on the first trading day, is at an average of 81.06%. The average excess
returns after the first day and up to a period of one month are negative. However, our
findings show that a positive excess return is generated after one year of trading on
the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE).
This study, in testing the relationship between the degree of underpricing and
certain issue-related characteristics, finds that Initial Public Offers are always highly
. underpriced whenever the issues are heavily oversubscribed or whenever such issues
are to be listed on the Main Board of the KLSE. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/643472023-05-19T06:24:04Z Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia Syed Daniel B Syed Taha Manimehalai d/o Ilangovan Wan, Foo Yong Lau Sie Ting Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business Many studies have documented that underpricing of new issues takes place in almost all bourses. However, a review of studies by Dawson (1985), Dawson (1987), and Yong (1990) demonstrates that such a phenomenon provides the highest initial returns in Malaysia. This study examines the aftermarket performance of new issues in Malaysia from 1984 to 1992 and presents evidence for underpricing. The empirical results show that the initial underpricing, that is, the difference between the offer price and the opening price on the first trading day, is at an average of 81.06%. The average excess returns after the first day and up to a period of one month are negative. However, our findings show that a positive excess return is generated after one year of trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). This study, in testing the relationship between the degree of underpricing and certain issue-related characteristics, finds that Initial Public Offers are always highly . underpriced whenever the issues are heavily oversubscribed or whenever such issues are to be listed on the Main Board of the KLSE. BUSINESS 2015-05-26T03:34:34Z 2015-05-26T03:34:34Z 1993 1993 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64347 en Nanyang Technological University 47 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business Syed Daniel B Syed Taha Manimehalai d/o Ilangovan Wan, Foo Yong Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia |
| title | Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia |
| title_full | Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia |
| title_short | Underpricing of initial public offers in Malaysia |
| title_sort | underpricing of initial public offers in malaysia |
| topic | DRNTU::Business |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64347 |
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