MARKET EXPECTATIONS AND THE VALUATION EFFECTS OF EQUITY ISSUANCE

We examine how the wealth effects of equity offers are influenced by investors' expectation of the equity type (public or private) to be issued. Firms deviating to the public market may be issuing when information asymmetry or agency costs are high, and their wealth effects are more negative than for firms that are anticipated to issue equity publicly. Firms deviating to the private market, however, may signal firm undervaluation or monitoring benefits and experience more positive wealth effects than firms that are expected to issue equity privately. For the private issues, public market accessibility appears to influence the wealth effects.     

我国资本市场的发展对我行的影响及其对策

改革开放20年来,中国资本市场不断发展壮大,为我国经济的平稳增长、融资体制的变革和国有企业改革的深入进行做出了重要贡献,也影响到社会经济生活的方方面面,尤其是给作为间接融资主体的商业银行带来了很大的冲击.债券市场、股票市场的发展不仅改变了我行的外部经营环境,也极大地影响了我行的资产业务、负债业务和表外业务.为此,在中国加入WTO之际,我行必须积极筹划,制定合理战略及具体应对措施,在竞争更为激烈的市场中获得优势.本文从对资本市场的现状和发展趋势的阐述出发,在具体分析对我行业务发展影响的基础上,提出了我行的应对思路和具体措施.     

同业拆借市场发展与监管专题

2007年,同业拆借市场实现了跨越式发展。尤其是2007年7月,新的《同业拆借管理办法》颁布后,管理政策取向的重大转变极大地稳定了市场预期,对市场发展方向产生了积极的引导作用。为了更好地落实《同业拆借管理办法》,做好新形势下同业拆借市场的发展和监管工作,经中国人民银行总行授权,人民银行上海总部于2007年四季度先后两次召开专题座谈会,邀请人民银行部分分支行和金融机构的专家研究市场形势,交流市场管理经验。两次座谈会研讨的内容具有普遍性和典型性,部分做法可供货币市场管理者借鉴。为此,本刊特别推出同业拆借市场发展与监管专题,编发上海总部金融市场管理部和部分分支行的文章,以飨读者。     

EVIDENCE ON THE MARKET FOR PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS

Using the temporary increase in the supply of directors associated with successful tender offers, we examine characteristics of directors who are valuable in the market for board seats. We find that after a takeover, professional directors are three times more likely to receive new appointments than other types of directors released from their respective boards. We find that the proportion of professional directors in above‐average performing targets is significantly greater than that in underperforming targets. Our results indicate that professional directors generally have valuable general human capital that more than offsets the costs of multiple directorships.