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Underwriter competition in accelerated seasoned equity offerings: Evidence from Canada

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  • Gunay, Erdal
  • Ursel, Nancy

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Accelerated seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) are now the most common form of SEO in the United States, Canada and Europe. Canadian accelerated SEOs do not feature competitive bidding for underwriting mandates. Using field study data from both issuers and underwriters, as well as secondary data, we investigate underwriter competition in this market. We find competition, but not on the basis of underwriting fee. Instead underwriters compete by building, maintaining and defending relationships with issuers. These relationships benefit both parties: underwriters stabilize their deal flow, permitting them to efficiently use their established capacity, and issuers secure reliable access to underwriting services.

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  • Gunay, Erdal & Ursel, Nancy, 2015. "Underwriter competition in accelerated seasoned equity offerings: Evidence from Canada," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 94-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:intfin:v:34:y:2015:i:c:p:94-110
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2014.11.006
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    Keywords

    Accelerated transactions; Seasoned equity offering; Investment banking; Underwriter competition;
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    JEL classification:

    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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