Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Announcements, and Institutional Trading in China

Yan-Leung Cheung, Xuandong Luo, Weiqiang Tan and Tusheng Xiao

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2014, vol. 50, issue S6, 184-203

Abstract: In this study, we investigate the trading behavior of institutional investors in China according to management earnings forecasts (MEFs) and earnings announcements (EAs). MEFs are mandatory under the stringent regulatory framework in China. We find evidence that both MEFs and EAs have an effect on the market. However, MEFs have a bigger effect on the market than do EAs. According to a sample of semiannual observations of firms from 2003 to 2008, we find that changes in the stock ownership of institutions are positively associated with EAs but not significantly associated with MEFs. When we further examine the relations between institutional characteristics and trading strategies, we find that growth funds exploit the arbitrage opportunity of MEFs.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2014.1013858

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