The Effects of Institutional Investor Objectives on Firm Valuation and Governance
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 2622610
70 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2015 Last revised: 22 Nov 2016
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The Effects of Institutional Investor Objectives on Firm Valuation and Governance
The Effects of Institutional Investor Objectives on Firm Valuation and Governance
Date Written: November 21, 2016
Abstract
We find that ownership by different types of institutional investors has varying implications for future firm misvaluation and governance characteristics. Dedicated institutional investors decrease future firm misvaluation, in both direction and magnitude, relative to fundamentals. In contrast, transient institutional investors have the opposite effect. Using SEC Regulation FD as an exogenous shock to information dissemination, we find evidence consistent with dedicated institutions having an information advantage. Similarly, dedicated investors are associated with better future governance characteristics, while transient investors are not. The valuation effects are primarily driven by institutional portfolio concentration while the governance effects are driven by portfolio turnover. These results imply a more nuanced relationship between institutional ownership and firm value and corporate governance.
Keywords: Institutional investors, investor type, dedicated, transient, misvaluation, corporate governance, blockholding, portfolio turnover, information dissemination, SEC Regulation FD
JEL Classification: G30, G32, G14, G23
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