Changes in Regulation and Prices of Dual-listed Stocks in China PDF Download

Author: Wing Him Yeung
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Category : Stock exchanges
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The share prices of a company listed on more than one stock exchange usually are in or close to equilibrium. Nevertheless, it has been observed the prices of the same Chinese company listed in China (A shares) and Hong Kong (H shares) are not anywhere close to equivalent. The article invesitgates whether the A and H share returns experience any co-movement, and whether changes in regulations have an impact on the correlations between the returns. Empirical results from this article show that the A and H shares only demonstrate very limited co-movement. In addition, the correlations between the returns are time-varying and are affected by changes in regulations by the Chinese government.

Author: Patrick Müller
Publisher: diplom.de
ISBN: 3836609967
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: This paper aims at explaining the phenomenon of price anomalies between dual-class shares of companies located in mainland China (hereafter China). A-shares listed on either the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SHSE) or Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) command a premium over the price of the corresponding firm s H-shares traded at the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKSE). This pricing puzzle arises from the segmentation of Chinese equity markets H-shares may be exclusively acquired by Hong Kong residents and international investors whereas A-shares are restricted to mainland Chinese investors. Although both classes of stock are entitled to the same future cash flows, investors are only willing to buy H-shares at a price significantly lower than that of A-shares. This unique setup offers the opportunity to test competing theories about the effects of market segmentation on asset pricing and to examine the factors that induce the price gap between cross-listed shares on different stock exchanges. Knowledge of the variables determining the price spread between H- and A-shares can make valuable contributions in a number of ways. Firstly, companies in mainland China pursuing initial public offerings (IPO) or seasoned equity offerings (SEO) may base their financing decision on a more thorough understanding of the parameters affecting stock prices of cross-listings in the respective markets. Secondly, policymakers in emerging country stock markets may draw conclusions concerning the design of foreign ownership regulation and investment restraints imposed on domestic and foreign investors. Lastly, international and local investors may build on a more profound understanding of the H- versus A-share discount (hereafter H-share discount) to narrow down attractive investment opportunity sets, especially in the light of the latest regulatory changes on the Chinese equity market. As of August 2007 the government body monitoring and regulating the national currency, China s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), loosened its rigorous foreign exchange policy. Prior to the recent SAFE ruling, the annual amount to be freely converted from Chinese Yuan Renminbi (RMB) into foreign currencies was capped at a 50,000 United States Dollar (USD) limit. Under the new regime, mainland retail investors are granted unlimited convertibility of RMB into Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) given that investments flow into the Hong Kong securities market. In the [...]

Author: Flora Xiao Huang
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134671113
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Listing by companies from one country on the stock market of another country is a device often used both to raise capital in, and to increase bonding with, the target country. This book examines the listing by Chinese companies on the Hong Kong stock market. It discusses the extent of the phenomenon, compares the two different regulatory regimes, and explores the motivations for the cross-listing. It argues that a key factor, in addition to raising capital and bonding with the Hong Kong market, is Chinese companies’ desire to encourage legal and regulatory reforms along Hong Kong lines in mainland China, in order to develop and open up China’s domestic capital markets.

Author: Hung Wan Kot
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Languages : en
Pages : 43

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We study how the information and trading environments of Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies (H-share firms) change once the companies return to the China A-share markets for listing. We examine the stock price synchronicity, liquidity commonality, and stock liquidity after dual-listing and investigate three channels related to possible changes. We find that added A-share analyst coverage influences the stock liquidity, but not the price synchronicity or liquidity commonality. Moreover, Qualified Direct Institutional Investors' trading affects price synchronicity, liquidity commonality, and stock liquidity while Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors' trading affects price synchronicity and liquidity commonality, but not stock liquidity.

Author: Yucheng Yang
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Category : Investments, Foreign
Languages : en
Pages : 65

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This study found that the correlation between the Shenzhen index, Shenzhen 100 index and Hang Seng index has decreased since the implementation of the Shenzhen Connect. Moreover, there is a decreased correlation for the 16 dual-listed stocks between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It is possible that the high valuation of Shenzhen stocks compared to Hong Kong stocks is the main reason. This study used 16 dual-listed stocks in the Shenzhen Market with a two-year sample period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017 as the sample to test the impact of the implementation of the Shenzhen Connect on price gap changes of these dual-listed stocks. Moreover, this study looks at the impact of interest rate changes in China and the US on the price gap of dual-listed stocks. This study found that the price gap was enlarged after the implementation of the Shenzhen Connect. The potential explanation includes different investment preferences between Chinese investors and Hong Kong investors. However, the results for the Shenzhen Connect does not appear to be robust to an alternate definition of the price gap variables. The study found Chinese investors are insensitive to interest rate changes in China. Moreover, an increase in the US interest rate will increase the price gap of dual-listed stocks since capital flow back to the US from Hong Kong detriments the Hong Kong stock market. At the same time, the interest rate difference between the US and China positively affects the price gap of dual-listed stocks. The positive coefficient might suggest a combination of the insensitivity of interest rate changes of Chinese investors and capital outflow from Hong Kong to the US. This study also examined liquidity preference hypothesis, asymmetric information hypothesis, demand elasticity hypothesis and risks preference hypothesis. Consistent results are found with other literature.

Author: Jianxun Chen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781782542605
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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'The book The Evolution of the Stock Market in China's Transitional Economy by Chien-Hsun Chen and Hui-Tzu Shih offers valuable insights into the evolution and development of the Chinese stock market. The book was written with an important mission in mind - how to develop an efficient financial system that facilitates innovation and spontaneous evolution of the society.' - Guojun Wu, Journal of Asian Business 'Chien-Hsun Chen and Hui-Tzu Shih have produced an informative and insightful study of China's stock market development. In The Evolution of the Stock Market in China's Transitional Economy, the reader will find a straightforward account of the development of China's stock markets that further clarifies the role China's capital markets will play in the country's financial future.' - Mark T. Fung, The China Business Review The establishment of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in December 1990 was a landmark in China's institutional transformation. With this in mind, the authors consider the factors relating to institutional change - such as changes in the financial system, the scale and structure of stock market, operational efficiency and the regulatory system of the stock market. During the course of its development the Chinese stock market has experienced speculation, dramatic fluctuations and violations of market regulations of frequent and diverse natures. There is therefore, urgent need for the discussion contained within this volume of best procedure policies for the establishment of a properly ordered and regulated market. The authors assess the operational performance of listed companies, and changes in the external environment such as the impact of China's accession to the WTO on the stock market. The authors find that WTO accession will have a more serious impact on the more heavily protected agricultural sector and on capital-intensive industries such as automobile, instruments, cotton and wheat to name a few. They argue that the fundamental reason for the inefficiency of China's stock market is the weakness of the competitive mechanism leading to imperfect competition and rent-seeking activity. This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of Asian studies and money and finance. Multinational enterprise managers, as well as brokers, dealers, business economists and others involved in the global financial markets will also find this book of value.

Author: Clark Liu
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Category :
Languages : en
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We study companies with dual-listed shares in China (mainland) and Hong Kong. When China has a short-sale ban, Chinese stock prices are 1.8x as high as Hong Kong prices (on average). Stock pairs with higher fundamental volatilities or more volatile order flows have higher price disparities (on average). The average stock pair's return difference is volatile and has a standard deviation of 8.8% per week. This paper shows that order flows can affect both a company's fundamental price and/or its transitory prices. In Hong Kong, transitory variance accounts for 39% of a stock's total variance. These results are surprising because the average market capitalization is over USD 8 billion for the Hong Kong-listed shares and the turnover is over 2.5x per annum. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment in which the short-sale ban is lifted for some Chinese stocks but not others. After the ban is lifted, the affected shares trade at parity. We estimate that lifting the short-sale ban in China (mainland) reduces weekly transitory volatility in Hong Kong by 49 bp per week because it enables a hedging mechanism.

Author: Dongwei Su
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814491799
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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The exponential growth of China's stock markets in the past decade has attracted global attention from academics and practitioners. The practitioner's interest in Chinese markets stems from corporations; investors and financial institutions foresee substantial benefits from investing in China in the long run. However, the academic literature on the development of securities markets and reform of state enterprises in China is still in its infancy and fragmented. This handbook aims to bridge that gap by presenting a wide spectrum of research in the forefront of financial applications. It integrates theory and practice with state-of-the-art statistical techniques and provides numerous insights into the main challenges confronting Chinese markets in the new millennium.

Author: Marc K. Chan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 29

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We analyze the effects of a recent financial reform that enables cross-market investment between Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. Using a vector error-correction model, we find that the reform announcement considerably narrows the equilibrium level of price disparity and strengthens the price comovement of shares that are cross-listed in both markets. First, there is a substantial increase in the number of cross-listed firms with cointegrated share prices, and the estimated equilibrium relationship is in support of the relative law of one price. Second, our model predicts that the price disparity narrows by as much as 40 percent in equilibrium. Third, we find that both markets adjust in response to a disequilibrium in price disparity, leading to a sizable error-correction activity. The Shanghai market contributes to approximately two-thirds of the price discovery process. Competition and informativeness of trading affect the relative role of price discovery in each market.

Author: Shan Li
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Category : Corporate governance
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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I examine the impact of cross-listing on firm-specific information utilizing the unique features of the Chinese capital markets. By separating the trading activity of domestic Chinese investors from that of foreign non-Chinese investors, this thesis is able to isolate each investor group's relative ability to impound firm-specific information into stock prices. I show that the cross-listed H-shares traded by foreign investors incorporate significantly more firm-specific information than their A-share counterparts traded by domestic Chinese investors. I find a similar pattern between H-shares and A-shares even after a 2007 regulatory change that allowed domestic Chinese investors to trade in the H-share market. This finding suggests that while institutional factors (e.g., stricter listing rules, stronger investor protection) can explain some of the benefits of cross-listing, foreign investors' ability to utilize firm-specific information plays a separate and distinct role in generating cross-listing benefits. The level of information improvement due to foreign investors depends on the quality of the cross-listed firm's corporate governance.