A finding of the Australian Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) literature is that the time from prospectus registration to listing is related to the level of informed demand. This makes the understanding of time to listing an important matter. This study analyses the time to listing for 834 IPOs in...

While Luoma and Goodstein (1999) find increased stakeholder representation on the boards of American companies, Dimovski and Brooks (2004) provide evidence that the Australian initial public offering (IPO) market does not require non equity stakeholder representation on their boards. This paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the change in the gender composition of the boards of large Australian companies, after listing. Design/methodology/approach – This study investigates the gender composition of the boards of large Australian companies at the time...

Following Brounen and Eichholtz (2002) this paper adds to the international literature investigating the underpricing of REIT initial public offerings (IPOs), with a study into Australian property trusts. This study finds that initial day returns can in part be explained by forecast profit...

A variety of financial characteristics of Australian initial public offerings (IPOs) for the period 1994-1999 are explored. A number of previous Australian studies have investigated the initial day underpricing and longer term underperformance of IPOs and this study updates those papers. This...

While Luoma and Goodstein (1999) find increased stakeholder representation on the boards of American companies, Dimovski and Brooks (2004) provide evidence that the Australian initial public offering (IPO) market does not require non equity stakeholder representation on their boards. This paper...