Market Response to Announcements of Mergers of Canadian Financial Institutions
27 Pages
Posted: 1 Jul 2015
American University of Beirut
York University - Schulich School of Business
Date Written: June 30, 2015
Abstract
This study examines a sample of mergers of Canadian Financial Institutions during the 1990’s to determine whether in-pillar, cross-pillar and foreign mergers are value-enhancing, and to determine possible sources of synergies behind those mergers. It develops testable hypotheses for Canadian FI mergers by synthesizing prior U.S. tests in the context of Canadian institutional arrangements. The overall results support the generality of findings of prior U.S. studies that the average abnormal return for both the acquiring and target firms is positive and statistically significant. This result suggests that acquisitions in the financial industry are, in Canada as elsewhere, driven by value-maximizing motivations.
Keywords: Bank merger announcements, Canada
JEL Classification: G21
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Aintablian, Sebouh and Roberts, Gordon S., Market Response to Announcements of Mergers of Canadian Financial Institutions (June 30, 2015). Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1/2, p. 72-98, 2005. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2625110
