IPO Prospectuses Research Articles

Aligning Enterprise Risk Management into Risk Disclosure of the IPO Prospectus

This concept paper aims to review the potential of aligning Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) elements into risk disclosure of the IPO prospectus. This concept paper explores the potential for aligning ERM elements within the risk disclosure section of IPO prospectuses. The paper emphasizes the regulatory requirement of the risk disclosure in the prospectus. It highlights the importance of risk disclosure in investment decision-making. It contends the best practices of risk disclosure in the IPO prospectus for the benefit of investors and also reinforces the issuing company’s commitment to effective risk management and corporate governance. By incorporating ERM principles, the prospectus not only improves transparency but also strengthens the issuing company’s commitment to effective risk management and corporate governance. The key research objective is to evaluate the integration of ERM into IPO risk disclosures, with particular emphasis on regulatory compliance, investor decision-making, and the enhancement of corporate governance practices. This research endeavors to fill the gap in the literature by enhancing the ERM elements in the existing practices of IPO disclosure.

The Use of IPO Fund, Underpricing, and Survival: ESG-Driven Insights from Indonesian Firms

The IPO prospectus should disclose information on the use of IPO proceeds, which can be a reference for investors in making investment decisions. Companies conduct IPOs for investment, working capital, and debt repayment purposes. The use of IPO fund for investment and working capital gives a positive signal, while debt repayment gives a negative signal. Some companies also implement ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) policies after conducting an IPO. This research aims to test whether companies with ESG scores have different underpricing and survival phenomena compared to companies in general. This research was conducted on 148 Indonesian companies that conducted IPOs in the period 2008-2021. The results suggest that the use of IPO proceeds for investment and working capital has a positive effect on underpricing and survival. However, the use of IPO proceeds for debt repayment has no effect on underpricing. Moreover, the use of IPO proceeds for debt repayment in companies that obtain ESG scores has a positive effect on underpricing. Underpricing strengthens the effect of the use of IPO fund for investment on survival occurs in the sample of companies in general as well as companies that obtain ESG scores. The implication of this research suggests that investors do not consider IPOs as a return on debt in companies that obtain ESG scores as a negative signal to invest.

Different lies to different audiences: Tax avoidance versus earnings inflation

Using a proprietary dataset collected by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (NBS), we are able to compare earnings reported to the NBS in the pre-IPO (initial public offerings) period with earnings for the same firm and the same year reported in firms' IPO prospectus. While Ball and Shivakumar (2008) find that in the U.K., financials reported at IPOs tend to be more conservative than the original reports, we find the opposite: income reported by Chinese firms in their IPO prospectus tend to be higher than those reported to the NBS. In the year immediately preceding the IPO, the discrepancy is mostly driven by firms inflating earnings in the IPO prospectus to increase issue prices. In earlier years, firms in provinces with weak law enforcement report lower earnings to the NBS to avoid taxes, which also contributes to the discrepancy between the IPO and NBS data. These findings suggest that firms tell different lies to different audiences. The discrepancy between the IPO and NBS earnings is positively correlated with the IPO issue price, indicating that firms are able to increase their IPO proceeds by raising earnings in the IPO prospectus from the original NBS reports. Furthermore, firms with the highest discrepancies experience the most significant declines in return on assets (ROA) and the most negative abnormal returns after the IPOs. Our paper complements the existent literature on earnings quality at IPOs, sheds light on firms' tax avoidance behaviors, and is of practical value to regulators.

Compare the Disclosures of U.S.-listed Chinese Companies with U.S.-based Companies

The purpose of this study is to compare the differences in disclosure quality between Chinese and American companies listed in the United States. Despite the fact that Chinese companies listed on a U.S. stock exchange are required to adhere to the same disclosure and financial reporting regulations as U.S. companies listed on that exchange, variations between the two persist. Consequently, this study seeks to explore and compare the specific disparities in disclosure quality between Chinese companies listed in the U.S. and American companies. The "use of proceeds" section of the initial IPO prospectus for both American and Chinese companies will be employed to assess the specificity of disclosure quality. Statistical data sampling and analysis will be conducted to compare their specificity of disclosure. Finally, a T-test will be employed to compare and contrast the results. Based on our research findings, it can be concluded that Chinese companies listed in the U.S. exhibit a significantly higher overall quality of information disclosure compared to domestically listed U.S. companies.

Length of IPO Prospectus and Individual Investors’ Demand for IPO Shares

SYNOPSIS Prior studies on readability suggest that lengthy corporate reports are difficult to process and may discourage investors’ capital market participation. However, longer reports that contain additional information may actually benefit individual investors, who typically rely on public information. Using a regulatory change that requires firms to disclose additional items in the IPO prospectus, we find that the new regulation increased individual investors’ demand for IPO stocks with longer prospectuses. These results suggest that lengthy reports do not always reduce investor demand, highlighting a potential trade-off between the costs and benefits of longer corporate reports. Data Availability: All data are publicly available from the sources identified in the text. JEL Classification: G18; M41; M48.

Pelatihan Saham Online - ARA Hunter Melalui Pemesanan IPO Bagi Ibu Rumah Tangga Bekerjasama Dengan Investara

Housewife with daily activities, usually get difficulties in earning income due to constraints on working outside the home. Stock investment can be one of the solutions. One way to attain maximum profit in ARA stocks with minimal risk can be achieved through transactions in newly listed stocks (IPO) in the market. With accurate and comprehensive analysis, it can be determined whether the IPO prospectus has potential for ARA or ARB. IPO stock transactions also require relatively small capital as the prices offered in IPOs are still very affordable. Through this online training, housewife can engage in remote learning and practice their knowledge. Profit results from IPO stock sales have also been experienced by participants.

Cross-influence of information and risk effects on the IPO market: exploring risk disclosure with a machine learning approach.

The paper examines whether the structure of the risk factor disclosure in an IPO prospectus helps explain the cross-section of first-day returns in a sample of Chinese initial public offerings. This paper analyzes the semantics and content of risk disclosure based on an unsupervised machine learning algorithm. From both long-term and short-term perspectives, this paper explores how the information effect and risk effect of risk disclosure play their respective roles. The results show that risk disclosure has a stronger risk effect at the semantic novelty level and a more substantial information effect at the risk content level. A novel aspect of the paper lies in the use of text analysis (semantic novelty and content richness) to characterize the structure of the risk factor disclosure. The study shows that initial IPO returns negatively correlate with semantic novelty and content richness. We show the interaction between risk effect and information effect on risk disclosure under the nature of the same stock plate. When enterprise information transparency is low, the impact of semantic novelty and content richness on the IPO market is respectively enhanced.

Do IPOs bear more severe legal consequences of accounting misstatements?

I compare litigation frequency and outcomes associated with restated IPO prospectus financial statements and a matched sample of restated non-IPO financial statements. I find that investors are 8.4% more likely to sue IPO companies than non-IPO companies for misreporting and, more importantly, that the higher litigation rate in IPOs stems from companies with error-type restatements. In addition, I find that IPO suits are more likely to be settled than non-IPO suits. Overall, these results are consistent with plaintiff attorneys’ incentives driving the filing of lawsuits and provide direct evidence that IPO companies face more severe litigation consequences of accounting misstatements than non-IPO companies.Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.

Do investors turn a blind eye to risk-factor disclosures by state-supported firms?

There is scant empirical evidence on how government involvement affects investor reactions toward firm-specific information. Our study provides new evidence on how investors respond to risk-factor disclosures in IPO prospectuses in China, where state-supported firms presumably receive government-offered implicit insurance against bankruptcy risk while bearing significant agency risks. We find an insignificant association between risk-factor disclosure quality and IPO underpricing (or post-IPO stock return volatility) among state-supported firms. The finding suggests that state-offered implicit insurance becomes the predominant consideration when investors value IPO shares of state-supported firms, thereby weakening investor reactions to high-quality risk-factor disclosures. Our study expands the scope of IPO underpricing literature by implying that simply increasing disclosure transparency in the IPO prospectus may not resolve the IPO underpricing issue in a government-dominated economy such as China.

Research on IPO information disclosure and stock price synchronicity of STAR Market-- Text mining based on inquiry and prospectus

We test for the relationship between information disclosure and stock price synchronicity (abbreviation: SYN) in sample of IPOs in STAR Market from July 2019 to November 2020, using Text mining to construct information variable of IPO prospectus. The results suggest that (1) There are significant differences in information disclosure quality of prospectus before and after inquiry, also the degree of inquiry reflects the quality of information disclosure of prospectus. The higher degree of inquiry, the worse quality of prospectus information disclosure and the higher the SYN. (2) The information disclosed in the prospectus contains characteristics information which can reduce the SYN. The more detailed the information disclosure, the richer characteristics information, the higher the information transparency, and the lower the SYN.

How is the Impact of the Corporate Governance Mechanism on IPO Underpricing? (Empirical Study on Companies conducting IPOs on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2010-2019)

The purpose of this study is to examine how the influence of corporate governance mechanisms on the level of underpricing of IPO companies in Indonesia. This study examines 301 company IPOs during the period 2010 to 2019 using secondary data collected through annual reports and company IPO prospectus on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique with a final sample of 72 companies. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on IPO underpricing. The results showed that female directors had a significant effect on underpricing the company's IPO. while the board of commissioners, the independence of the board of commissioners, the board of directors, the age of the board of directors, the board of the audit committee and the age of the company have no significant effect on the underpricing of the company's IPO.

The nexus between risk factor disclosures and short-run performance of IPOs – evidence from literature

PurposeThe main purpose of the present study is to stretch the theoretical framework of existing stock of literature with reference to Risk Disclosures in IPO Prospectus and IPO performance. The systematic literature review study endows easy and quick access to researchers as well as categorization of the available literature.Design/methodology/approachFifty research papers, which has been published or presented from 2000 to 2019 and are related to IPO risk disclosures and IPO performance, have been finalized. Further, these research papers were categorized based upon the five different variables to identify the probable research gap in the selected topic.FindingsThis review provides a coherent summary of past studies related to topic and develop a comprehensive evidence on relationship between disclosure of risk factors and IPO underpricing in short run. It shows the existing research gap that needs to be fulfilled to expand the research horizon of future research studies.Research limitations/implicationsThe sole limitation of the study is that being a systematic literature review study, it does not carry any empirical results.Practical implicationsThe investors will be able to identify the key risk factors, disclosed in IPO prospectus, that may have probable dent on the short-term return from IPO. The findings will further help the investors and financial analyst to identify the degree of impact of risk disclosures that are listed in IPO prospectus.Originality/valueThe paper is a first of its kind to stretch the existing literature and develop theoretical framework in the context of risk factor discloses in IPO prospectus and IPO performance with reference to India. The present study is an attempt to integrate the existing gap between empirical research and existing literature and suggest the techniques to the future practitioners to widen the horizon of their research.

Decomposition of intended use of IPO proceeds: Evidence from Malaysia

The main objective of the study is to identify what Malaysian IPO issuers indicate as intended use of IPO proceeds and the use that has the highest amount of allocation. In order to achieve the objective of the study, a manual content analysis of 221 IPO prospectuses issued during the period of 2005-2015 were considered. Based on the manual content analysis, the data were analysed using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results indicate that the three major intended uses of IPO proceeds in Malaysian IPO market are growth opportunities (53.90%), debt repayment (29.12%) and working capital (12.87%). However, growth opportunities and debt repayment have greater amount of allocation than working capital over the sample periods. Additionally results show that Malaysian IPO issuers expend more on capital expenditure and expansion rather than research and development in terms of growth opportunities. Further analysis in terms of the frequencies of number of IPO issuers indicate that number of issuers that have a designated amount for working capital (95%) supersede issuers in the growth opportunities group (90%). These results suggest that issuers can consider intended use of IPO proceeds information as a signal mechanism and potential investors can as well consider the information useful before making their investment decisions.

Impact of Enterprise Financing Constraints on Labor Income Share Based on Internet of Things Data Analysis Technology

Although the Chinese economy has developed rapidly since the reform and opening up, the income distribution gap is widening year by year. The final social income distribution pattern is highly dependent on the primary distribution pattern. Therefore, the changing trend and influencing factors of labor income share have become the focus of academic research and the focus of government attention. Based on this, this article proposes enterprise financing based on Internet of Things data analysis technology. Studies on the impact of restraints on labor income shares will help further research on the impact of corporate financial restraints on future labor income shares. Based on the financial data reports published in the CCER database and the company’s IPO prospectus and annual report, this paper discusses whether the company’s key business products belong to the Internet of Things’ key technology application categories. Take 226 IoT companies as the research objects of this article, and conduct a secondary screening. The final survey sample is used to investigate the impact of corporate funding constraints on labor income share. Tests have proved that among the 179 resource‐based enterprises undergoing transformation, 109 enterprises have undergone intraindustry transformation, accounting for 48.23% of the overall sample and 60.89% of the sample of transformed enterprises. Downstream expansion makes the business industry expand. This shows that funding constraints have a negative impact on labor income share. This is primarily the result of the impact of the long‐term debt‐to‐asset ratio on labor income share.

THE ROLE OF DUALITY MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP AND BOARDS ON IPO VALUE (AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF INDONESIAN FIRMS)

The research aims to find the impact of ownership retention, managerial ownership, and boards on value IPO premium and underpricing. We investigate by using hand collect data 202 IPO prospectuses during 2008-2017 and using Warp PLS 5.0 to compute the data. Our finding suggests that may use to guide the investor in making informed decisions to see the level of the proportion of sharehold by old ownership and management. When the high level of ownership retention and managerial ownership, make the value IPO premium and underpricing will be high. On the other hand duality of the managerial role in firms making the value will be achieved. This paper contributes to the value of IPO premium and underpricing literature when influence by ownership share on initial public offerings context of emerging markets.Keywords: Ownership retention; Managerial Ownership; Boards; IPO premium; underpricing

The effects of risk factor disclosure on analysts’ earnings forecasts: evidence from Chinese IPOs

ABSTRACT Using Chinese IPO firms, we examine the impact of risk information disclosure on the properties of financial analysts’ earnings forecasts. We construct a disclosure index by manually reading the disclosures of risk factors in IPO prospectuses. We find that high-quality risk factor disclosure is associated with lower earnings forecast bias, less dispersion, and more timely forecasts. Separating total risk factors into five different types, we show that analysts have better ability to process financial risk and operational risk disclosure compared to the other three types (technology-related risk, market risk, and macroeconomic risk). Cross-sectional tests reveal that the positive effect of risk disclosure is mainly concentrated in firms with greater information transparency (e.g., larger firms, firms with higher profitability, and firms with lower performance volatility). We further rule out other potential explanations (e.g., the effect of analyst sentiment) and conduct additional robustness tests. Our study has broad implications for firms in emerging economies.

Do Investors Turn a Blind Eye to Risk-Factor Disclosures by State-Controlled Firms?

There is scant empirical evidence on how government involvement affects the investor demand for firm-specific information. We fill the void by testing how investors respond to risk-factor disclosures in IPO prospectuses in China, where state-controlled firms receive government-offered implicit insurance against bankruptcy risk, but bear significant agency and political risks. We find an insignificant association between risk-factor disclosure quality and IPO underpricing (or post-IPO stock return volatility) among state-controlled firms. State-offered implicit insurance appears to be the predominant consideration when investors value IPO shares of state-controlled firms, thereby weakening the investor demand for high-quality risk-factor disclosures. Our study highlights the state control effect, which renders high-quality risk disclosures ineffective for state-controlled firms in economies with significant government involvement.

The accuracy of earnings forecast in IPO prospectuses: Evidence from Indonesia

The financial information that attracts the attention of most investors is the earnings forecast. Because investors are more interested in the company's prospects in the future than historical information. But in reality earnings forecast is less accurate, while the factors that are suspected to influence give inconsistent findings. This study aims to determine the effect of the forecast horizon, underwriter reputation, auditor reputation, company size, company age, leverage ratio, industry type and IPO market on the accuracy of earnings forecast. The population of all companies that IPO in Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2015-2018, were selected using the purposive sampling method, obtained 107 samples. Secondary data were obtained from the company's prospectus and annual report. The analytical method used is multiple regression. The accuracy level of earnings forecasts is measured using forecast error numbers. Mean forecast error 28.86 percent is reported over the entire sample period. Then only underwriter reputation and company size have a significant positive effect on the accuracy of earnings forecasts. And the hot IPO market has a negative effect on the accuracy of earnings forecasts. The implications of research show that underwriter reputation, company size, and IPO market became the important indicators in determining investment strategies in IPO shares. JEL Classification: D82, G14, G17, R53 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v23i4.3509

THE INTENDED USE OF FUNDS AND IPOs MARKET PERFORMANCE IN INDONESIAN CAPITAL MARKET

Specific information on the IPO prospectus can affect the stock's market performance, both the initial returns and the long-term performance. The disclosure of the purpose of IPO proceeds to: acquisition, investment, group financing, debt repayment and working capital, as a specific form of information is indicated to affect both initial return and long-term stock returns. We conducted a test of 148 IPOs on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2006–2013. Data analysis was performed using OLS and probit regression. The test results show that there is a negative rela­tionship between the intention of the acquisition and debt repayment with underpricing. The results also show that IPOs with the purpose of the debt repayment is positively related to the long-term market performance. The age of the company has a negative effect on IPOs with the purpose of acquisition and debt repayment, while the size of the company proxied by total assets is positively related to the intentions of group financing and debt repayment

The Impact of the Board of Directors Characteristics on the Risk of IPO Earnings Forecasts Errors

This paper aimed to investigate the effect of corporate governance mechanism on the risk of IPO earnings forecasts errors. It focuses on the relationship between the board of directors characteristics and the risk of earnings forecasts errors. Required data was gathered from 190 Malaysian IPO prospectuses for the year 2002 to 2012, after which data was analyzed using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. Based on the obtained findings, the earnings forecasts of Malaysian IPO reflected a pessimistic picture with unsatisfactory percentage of accuracy. In particular, the findings of multiple regression analysis of the relationships between the size, independence and CEO duality of the board of directors, and the risk of earnings forecasts errors were negative and insignificant. The study findings have several implications for relevant individuals, including regulators, investors, financial analysts and financial statements users.