The paper examines the decision by Australian Real Estate Trusts (A-REITs) to issue seasoned equity offerings from 2000 - 2008 and stock market reaction to the offerings. The findings reveal that highly leveraged A-REITs with variable earnings are less likely to issue seasoned equity offerings....

Using panel data methodology, the determinants of capital structure in 34 Australia listed property trusts (A-REITs) are investigated for the period 2003-2008. Empirical results reveal that profitability, growth opportunity, and operational risk are negatively related to leverage while size is...

This paper examines the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the market reaction and underwriting fees of two methods of choice for underwriting seasoned equity offerings: Bought deals and firm commitment, by Canadian firms cross-listed on major U.S. exchanges. After controlling for offer and...

Purpose – Direct costs of Australian Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) initial public offerings (IPOs) were last reported in the literature using data to 2004. Much has occurred since then. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and include the A-REIT IPOs over the last ten years and...

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (2006) the increased supply of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), with a range of subordination, has broadened the investor base in real estate debt markets and reduced the commercial property sector’s dependence on bank financing The CMBS...

Using artificial neural networks (ANN) and ordinal regression (OR) as alternative methods to predict LPT bond ratings, we examine the role that various financial and industry-based variables have on Listed Property Trust (LPT) bond ratings issued by Standard and Poor?s from 1999-2006. Our study...

The paper explores the development of the Australian Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) market from 1999 to 2006 and outlines similarities and dissimilarities with the United States (US) and European (EU) CMBS markets. Whilst the US has been the market leader in terms of issuance...

Ziel dieser Studie ist, die Ankündigungseffekte von Kapitalerhöhungen bei US-REITs seit der US-Immobilienkrise zu analysieren. Damit soll eine Lücke geschlossen und eine Antwort auf die Frage geliefert werden, wie sich das Investorenverhalten seit der Krise gewandelt hat. Eine Zunahme der...

An emerging literature investigating market responses to operational loss announcements concludes that financial markets tend usually to overreact to loss events. This overreaction is commonly interpreted as reputational damage. We revisit this issue by focusing on the timing of markets’...