Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry

This paper explores the attentiveness of retail investors, and examines share price impact and change in regulation at the expiration of lockup period. Quantitative research method using both primary and secondary data is employed, respectively. The explorative study is derived from a self-administe...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Arshad, Shamsul Bahrain, Taufil Mohd, Kamarun Nisham, Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin
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Language:English
Published: Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd. 2017
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24250/1/IJER%2014%2816%29%202017%20225-234.pdf
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author Mohamed Arshad, Shamsul Bahrain
Taufil Mohd, Kamarun Nisham
Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin
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description This paper explores the attentiveness of retail investors, and examines share price impact and change in regulation at the expiration of lockup period. Quantitative research method using both primary and secondary data is employed, respectively. The explorative study is derived from a self-administered survey questionnaire using 157 respondents who are clients of the stock broking companies in Malaysia. The survey is conducted in the northern states of Malaysia based on purposive sampling technique. Results show that more than seventy percent of the respondents neither use prospectus as a guide in understanding share lockup and its provisions nor paying close attention to IPO lockup expiration dates when investing in IPOs. Hence, the findings suggest that retail investors are not attentive to IPO lockup in terms of its provisions and expirations. In addition, 292 IPO firms for the period 2003-2012 involving two lockup regimes is examined. Using the market model and market adjusted return model of event study method, the results show the existence of a significant negative abnormal return at the expiration of the lockup period. Therefore, the study provides contradicting evidence of the semi-strong from of efficient market hypothesis. On the other hand, lockup regulatory changes do not have an impact in reducing the negative abnormal returns at its expiration period.
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spelling uum-242502020-11-04T03:01:12Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24250/ Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry Mohamed Arshad, Shamsul Bahrain Taufil Mohd, Kamarun Nisham Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin HC Economic History and Conditions This paper explores the attentiveness of retail investors, and examines share price impact and change in regulation at the expiration of lockup period. Quantitative research method using both primary and secondary data is employed, respectively. The explorative study is derived from a self-administered survey questionnaire using 157 respondents who are clients of the stock broking companies in Malaysia. The survey is conducted in the northern states of Malaysia based on purposive sampling technique. Results show that more than seventy percent of the respondents neither use prospectus as a guide in understanding share lockup and its provisions nor paying close attention to IPO lockup expiration dates when investing in IPOs. Hence, the findings suggest that retail investors are not attentive to IPO lockup in terms of its provisions and expirations. In addition, 292 IPO firms for the period 2003-2012 involving two lockup regimes is examined. Using the market model and market adjusted return model of event study method, the results show the existence of a significant negative abnormal return at the expiration of the lockup period. Therefore, the study provides contradicting evidence of the semi-strong from of efficient market hypothesis. On the other hand, lockup regulatory changes do not have an impact in reducing the negative abnormal returns at its expiration period. Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd. 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24250/1/IJER%2014%2816%29%202017%20225-234.pdf Mohamed Arshad, Shamsul Bahrain and Taufil Mohd, Kamarun Nisham and Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin (2017) Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry. International Journal of Economic Research, 14 (16). pp. 225-234. ISSN 0972-9380 http://serialsjournals.com/serialjournalmanager/pdf/1512537799.pdf
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
Mohamed Arshad, Shamsul Bahrain
Taufil Mohd, Kamarun Nisham
Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin
Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry
title Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry
title_full Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry
title_fullStr Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry
title_full_unstemmed Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry
title_short Investor's Attentiveness, Price Impact and Regulatory Change at Lockup Expiry
title_sort investor s attentiveness price impact and regulatory change at lockup expiry
topic HC Economic History and Conditions
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24250/1/IJER%2014%2816%29%202017%20225-234.pdf
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