...Robert Martin Hull; Sungkyu Kwak; Rosemary Walker Purpose The article aims to explore if stock derivative types (stock options and stock warrants) are associated with stock returns for firms undergoing seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). Design/methodology/approach The authors regress stock...

...Robert Martin Hull; Sungkyu Kwak; Rosemary Walker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine if hedge fund variables (HFVs) are associated with short-run daily buy and hold abnormal returns (BHARs) for a 30-day window around announcement dates for seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). Design...

...Panagiotis Andrikopoulos; Ji Sun; Jie Guo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of ownership characteristics in a firm’s choice of alternative seasoned equity offering (SEO) methods, offer price discounts, and market reactions to such announcements within the UK setting...

... performance, namely, a sample of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a portfolio approach in comparing the performance of hedge funds and SEO firms. Other comparisons involve a number of common methodologies used to compute and analyze short-run and long-run...

... of the seasoned‐equity offerings announcement effects. Probit regression analysis was taken to estimate the probability of a firm choosing private placements. Findings The authors find positive significant announcement abnormal returns for private placement. The findings also indicate that operating...