Earnings and risk information conveyed by rights issues in Singapore.
This study examines two primary issues. Firstly, whether firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore that issue rights exhibit excessive returns in the period surrounding the announcement of rights issue. The results reaffirm that there are excessive returns on these stocks, which imply that the...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-202682024-01-12T10:29:10Z Earnings and risk information conveyed by rights issues in Singapore. Chew, Lai Wei. Teong, Josephine May Ling. Chen, Sheng Syan Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Equity This study examines two primary issues. Firstly, whether firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore that issue rights exhibit excessive returns in the period surrounding the announcement of rights issue. The results reaffirm that there are excessive returns on these stocks, which imply that the market interprets rights issues as good news, thereby revising market value of the stock upwards. Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance) 2009-12-14T09:14:00Z 2009-12-14T09:14:00Z 1996 1996 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20268 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 45 p. application/pdf |
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This study examines two primary issues. Firstly, whether firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore that issue rights exhibit excessive returns in the period surrounding the announcement of rights issue. The results reaffirm that there are excessive returns on these stocks, which imply that the market interprets rights issues as good news, thereby revising market value of the stock upwards. |
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