Information Spillover through Private Lender Reports

42 Pages Posted: 13 May 2020 Last revised: 15 May 2020

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Abe de Jong

Monash University; University of Groningen; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Tim Kooijmans

RMIT University

Chris Veld

Monash University

Date Written: May 15, 2020

Abstract

This paper examines private information spillover from the lending market to markets for public securities. We find that information from private monthly reports to institutional lenders gradually spills over to the public equity market. We observe positive abnormal stock returns after firms provide favorable private reports. After unfavorable private reports, we find negative abnormal returns, as well as increased short interest. This private information leakage is striking and previously undocumented. We demonstrate how traders benefit from private information, as we show that they do not trade immediately upon receiving the private information. Instead, they time their trades to manage both the price impact and the risk of additional information arrival before the scheduled public release of their private information.

Keywords: Private information, Covenants, Information spillover, Private debt

JEL Classification: M41, G32

Suggested Citation

de Jong, Abe and Kooijmans, Tim and Veld, Chris, Information Spillover through Private Lender Reports (May 15, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3504125 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3504125

Abe De Jong (Contact Author)

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Tim Kooijmans

RMIT University ( email )

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Chris Veld

Monash University ( email )

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Clayton, Victoria 3800
Australia

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