This paper explores first day returns on infrastructure entity initial public offerings (IPOs) in Australia from 1996 to 2007. The study finds that first day returns, on average, are not significantly different from zero. There is evidence however that suggests higher dividend yields and higher...

We examine the wealth effects of fifty-six Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITs) acquirers around the announcement date of a merger and acquisition over the period of 1996 to 2010. Utilising event study methodology we find that bidding A-REITs earn positive and significant...

Over A$22 billion of new equity capital has been raised by way of rights issues by 71 Australian listed property entities (including A-REITs) during 2001 to 2009. While the rights offerings raise important equity capital for the issuers, this study investigates whether investors have profited...

This study investigates the underpricing of 154 infrastructure IPOs in China from 1993 to 2012. It follows infrastructure IPO studies in Australia and India which report average underpricing returns to subscribers of 3.5% and 25.4% respectively. The average underpricing return for Chinese...

Rights issues are a common method for raising additional equity capital by Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITs). This study investigates the A-REIT capital raising costs of the renounceable and non-renounceable equity rights issues during 2001 to 2009. Potential influencing factors...