Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case

This paper examines the performance of new issues in Malaysia. Two aspects of performance were examined. Firstly whether there are any underpricing n Ihe prlcmg of new issues and secondly whether the market is efficient in pricing these shares. The result of this study showed an existence of underp...

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Main Author: Saiful Bahri Sufar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1989
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7925/1/747-1425-1-SM.pdf
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description This paper examines the performance of new issues in Malaysia. Two aspects of performance were examined. Firstly whether there are any underpricing n Ihe prlcmg of new issues and secondly whether the market is efficient in pricing these shares. The result of this study showed an existence of underpricing as hIgh as 400% and as low as 13%. However, the MalaysIan stock arket is efficient in the pricing of these new Issues. Price of these shares do nol expenence sinificant differences from the initial pircing in the opening wllhm one year after listmg.
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spelling ukm.eprints-79252016-12-14T06:45:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7925/ Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case Saiful Bahri Sufar, This paper examines the performance of new issues in Malaysia. Two aspects of performance were examined. Firstly whether there are any underpricing n Ihe prlcmg of new issues and secondly whether the market is efficient in pricing these shares. The result of this study showed an existence of underpricing as hIgh as 400% and as low as 13%. However, the MalaysIan stock arket is efficient in the pricing of these new Issues. Price of these shares do nol expenence sinificant differences from the initial pircing in the opening wllhm one year after listmg. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1989 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7925/1/747-1425-1-SM.pdf Saiful Bahri Sufar, (1989) Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case. Jurnal Pengurusan, 8 . pp. 17-27. ISSN 0127-2713 http://ejournals.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/198
spellingShingle Saiful Bahri Sufar,
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title Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case
title_full Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case
title_fullStr Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case
title_full_unstemmed Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case
title_short Performance of new issues: The Malaysian case
title_sort performance of new issues the malaysian case
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