The equity and efficiency of the Australian share market with respect to director trading

Title: The equity and efficiency of the Australian share market with respect to director trading
Creator: Uylangco, Katherine; Easton, Steve; Faff, Robert
Relation: Symposium on the Multiple Facets of Governance, 2009. Symposium on the Multiple Facets of Governance: Symposium Program (Newcastle, N.S.W. 24-25 August, 2009)
Relation: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/faculty/business-law/events/2009-events/multiple-facets-of-governance
Publisher: University of Newcastle
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2009
Description: Thirteen (7) percent of own-company trades by directors do not meet the ASX (Corporations Act) requirement of reporting within 5 (14) business days. Such breaches of reporting regulations are particularly important given that directors tend to purchase (sell) shares when the price is low (high), thereby achieving abnormal returns. These abnormal returns are highest for sales in resource companies. Ignoring transaction costs and when trading shares in non-resource companies, outsiders can achieve some of the abnormal returns by imitating director’s trades. However, in large part the abnormal returns earned by directors are not earned by outsiders.
Subject: share market; director trading; Corporations Act; Australia
Identifier: uon:8777
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/919116

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