IPO pricing and allocation: a survey of the views of institutional investers

Tim Jenkinson and Howard Jones

No 2006-FE-13, Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: Despite the central importance of investors to all IPO theories, relatively little is known about their role in practice. In this paper we survey institutional investors about how they assess IPOs, what information they provide to the investment banking syndicate, and the factors they believe influence allocations. Although the theoretical IPO literature has tended to focus on information revelation, the survey raises doubts as to the extent of incremental information production and whether bookrunners are, in practice, able to infer investors` valuations from their bids. We find that investor characteristics, in particular broking relationships with the bookrunner, are perceived to be the most important factors influencing allocations, which supports the view that IPO allocations are part of implicit quid pro quo deals with investment banks.

JEL-codes: G23 G24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-12-01
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Journal Article: IPO Pricing and Allocation: A Survey of the Views of Institutional Investors (2009)
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