This paper attempts to specify the relationship between post-issue promoter groups' retention and Initial Public Offering (IPO) underprice. We also investigate the impact of signalling and financial variables, i.e. offer size, times subscribed, age of the firm, book value, leverage, market...

This article investigates the relationship between subscription rate and aftermarket volatility for IPOs issued in India during the period 2002–12. The empirical findings corroborate the evidence that subscription rate is a good indicator of aftermarket volatility for the IPO stocks. This...

This study investigates subscription rates across institutional and non-institutional retail investors for 149 initial public offerings listed in Indian stock market. We document a positive relationship between underpricing and subscription rate of all investor groups. We also find a significant...

This paper investigates the pricing of 72 fixed price IPOs issued in India during 2002-2008. The results indicate that industry composite P/E ratio significantly and positively influences both the offer price and list price. The paper lends support to the view that fixed price IPOs issued during...

The study investigates the syndicates for 154 Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) issued during the period 2002-07. The findings indicate that the syndicate size is significantly influenced by the prestige of the investment banks, initial day return, leverage, offer size, and ex ante uncertainty....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate time-varying conditional volatility, and examine the extent to which trading volume, as a proxy for information arrival, explain the persistence of futures market volatility using National Stock Exchange S&P CRISIL NSE Index Nifty index...

Samuelson (<CitationRef CitationID="CR22">1965</CitationRef>) devised that futures price volatility increases as the futures contract approaches its expiration. The relation amid the volatility and time to maturity has significant inference for hedging strategies. Interestingly, so far the empirical evidence in favor of the Samuelson...</citationref>

Every state has to balance its revenue and expenditure in order to meet its assigned budgetary requirements. Pension is also a part of the states’ expenditure, and since there was the concept of defined benefit scheme till the year 2004, the entire liability of pension expenditure was solely...

Using 5-min intraday transaction prices, this study investigates the relationship between the National Stock Exchange (NSE) S&P CNX Nifty futures and its underlying spot index in terms of both return and volatility. By applying Johansen-Juselius (J-J) cointegration analysis, we find evidence of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate time-varying conditional volatility, and examine the extent to which trading volume, as a proxy for information arrival, explain the persistence of futures market volatility using National Stock Exchange S&P CRISIL NSE Index Nifty index...