Economics 38 (1995) 243-267 ECONOMICS Underperformance in long-run stock returns following seasonedequity offerings D. Katherine College of Business Administration, Spiess*, John Affleck-Graves University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA (Received July 1994; final version received December 1994) Abstract We document that firms making seasonedequity offerings during 197551989substantially underperformed a sample of matched firms from the same industry and of similar size
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ISSUE MANAGER REPUTATION, UNDERPRICING LONGAND LONG-RUN PERFORMANCE OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: EVIDENCE FROM THE SINGAPORE IPO MARKET VOON PEIJUN (Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE (BUSINESS) DEPART DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Professor Michael Shih for his patient guidance and encouragement all this
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Individual assignment The social networking company Facebook, Inc. held its initial public offering (IPO) on May 18, 2012. The IPO was one of the biggest in technology, and the biggest in Internet history, with a peak market capitalization of over $104 billion. Facebook's founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had for years been unwilling to take the company public and he resisted a number of buyout offers after Facebook's founding. The company did, however, accept private investments from
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Republic of the Philippines Central Mindanao University College of Commerce and Accountancy Accountancy Department IMPLICATIONS OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 TO CORPORATIONS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Accy 99 Synthesis Submitted by Jess Charls P. Mojello Submitted to: Ms. Dynnith F. Suaberon, CPA, MBM Instructor May 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I Introduction 1 Statement of the Problem 2 Scope and Delimitation of the Study 3 Significance of the Study 3 CHAPTER
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INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING: ELECTROMED, INC WRITTEN BY: Edward N Towah FI 516 Advance Managerial Finance Presented to: Miriam Benard, Instructor June 2, 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to select a publicly-traded company that has had an Initial Public Offering (IPO) within the last 10 years and discuss its impact on the company. The discussion will focus on how successful was the company in raising
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The Elias Group Strategy Paper Fin/370 Feburary 12,2014 Joseph Ori The Elias Group Strategy Paper The Elias Group is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to provide information, services and assistance to businesses who wish to go into contract with the U.S. Government. The Elias Group company was found by Ms. Elias; who had retired as the Deputy Administrator for the General Services Administration. Today the Elias Group has thirty-one full time staff and a network of over 100
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| Question D | 12 | References | | Question A: The IPO process is characterized by information asymmetries. Explain how these asymmetries may be reduced through the book-building process. IPO (initial public offering):- The first sale of stock by a private company to the public. IPOs are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking the capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately owned companies looking to become publicly traded.IPO process, are asymmetrically
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Initial public offerings Initial public offerings Keith Broomfield Jr Trident University FIN501 Strategic Corporate Finance Professor: John Halstead Summer 2013 Keith Broomfield Jr Trident University FIN501 Strategic Corporate Finance Professor: John Halstead Summer 2013 Module 1 Case Module 1 Case 1) What type of IPO should AVG use—a traditional IPO or an online auction? Based on your analysis and findings, what would you recommend to the executives of AVG? Explain your reasoning
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team. The company began with an idea and two million dollars, eight years later the company became the first biotech company to eliminate disease in tomatoes and potatoes through biotechnology and is worth 400 million dollars. The purpose of this paper is to introduce two strategies to secure funding through venture capital or IPO that supports the company's goals to introduce new products and continue meeting 40% growth targets. Venture Capital Pursing venture capital is an important step
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Introduction Generally, a private company is a company owned by a small number of company members and they will not offers their securities to the public. On the other hand, a public company is a company which owned by at least seven members and they offers their securities to the general public. However, 'Listing' is a process that a private company converting into a public company which the shares can be traded on stock exchange (Bursa Malaysia). Once the private company transformed successfully, the company
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