IPO Pricing and Allocation: A Survey of the Views of Institutional Investors

Posted: 23 Mar 2009

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Tim Jenkinson

University of Oxford - Said Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Howard Jones

University of Oxford, Saïd Business School

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Date Written: April 2009

Abstract

Despite the central importance of investors to all initial public offering (IPO) theories, relatively little is known about their role in practice. This article is based on a survey of how institutional investors assess IPOs, what information they provide to the investment banking syndicate, and the factors they believe influence allocations. We find that investor characteristics, in particular brokerage 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. The survey raises doubts as to the extent of information production or revelation.

Keywords: G23, G24

Suggested Citation

Jenkinson, Tim and Jones, Howard, IPO Pricing and Allocation: A Survey of the Views of Institutional Investors (April 2009). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp. 1477-1504, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1365694 or http://dx.doi.org/hhn079

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