Australia has become one of most prolific issuers of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) globally. Due to its convenience, firms issue SEOs as their primary capital raising mechanism particularly during economic disruptions i.e., the early 2000s dot-com bubble, 2008 Global Financial Crisis and...

This paper examines the role of information release in explaining return volatility in Australian equities. The study utilised proxies of greater accuracy than have previously been used to examine the effect of private and public information on return volatility. Analyst price targets (PTR) and...