The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia

This paper presents the relationship between different types of blockholders with information asymmetry in Malaysian firms. To be more specific, this study divides the ownership structures into managerial blockholder, institutional blockholder and individual blockholder and ownership concentration w...

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Main Authors: Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang, Goe, Zhen Qi, Rosita, Binti. Hamdan, Audrey, Liwan, Kueh, Jerome Swee Hui, Mohd Waliuddin, Bin Mohd Razali, Muhammad Asraf, Bin Abdullah
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27721/1/Rosita.pdf
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author Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
Goe, Zhen Qi
Rosita, Binti. Hamdan
Audrey, Liwan
Kueh, Jerome Swee Hui
Mohd Waliuddin, Bin Mohd Razali
Muhammad Asraf, Bin Abdullah
author_facet Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
Goe, Zhen Qi
Rosita, Binti. Hamdan
Audrey, Liwan
Kueh, Jerome Swee Hui
Mohd Waliuddin, Bin Mohd Razali
Muhammad Asraf, Bin Abdullah
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country Malaysia
description This paper presents the relationship between different types of blockholders with information asymmetry in Malaysian firms. To be more specific, this study divides the ownership structures into managerial blockholder, institutional blockholder and individual blockholder and ownership concentration while holding firm size and trading volume as control variables. On the other hand, the stock volatility and bid-ask spread are used as a proxy for information asymmetry. A sample of the top 150 largest public listed firms in term of market capitalisation is chosen from Bursa Malaysia from 2011 to 2015. Panel regression analysis is used to examine the data. The results show managerial blockholders, firm size and trading volume significantly influence information asymmetry. While institutional blockholders, individual blockholders and ownership concentration exhibit no relationship with information asymmetry. The study from this result can be useful for investors and the policymakers in Malaysia as it gives a clearer picture and more understandings on ownership structures and information asymmetry in the Malaysia market.
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spelling my.unimas.ir-277212021-06-05T06:09:09Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27721/ The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang Goe, Zhen Qi Rosita, Binti. Hamdan Audrey, Liwan Kueh, Jerome Swee Hui Mohd Waliuddin, Bin Mohd Razali Muhammad Asraf, Bin Abdullah HB Economic Theory HG Finance This paper presents the relationship between different types of blockholders with information asymmetry in Malaysian firms. To be more specific, this study divides the ownership structures into managerial blockholder, institutional blockholder and individual blockholder and ownership concentration while holding firm size and trading volume as control variables. On the other hand, the stock volatility and bid-ask spread are used as a proxy for information asymmetry. A sample of the top 150 largest public listed firms in term of market capitalisation is chosen from Bursa Malaysia from 2011 to 2015. Panel regression analysis is used to examine the data. The results show managerial blockholders, firm size and trading volume significantly influence information asymmetry. While institutional blockholders, individual blockholders and ownership concentration exhibit no relationship with information asymmetry. The study from this result can be useful for investors and the policymakers in Malaysia as it gives a clearer picture and more understandings on ownership structures and information asymmetry in the Malaysia market. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27721/1/Rosita.pdf Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang and Goe, Zhen Qi and Rosita, Binti. Hamdan and Audrey, Liwan and Kueh, Jerome Swee Hui and Mohd Waliuddin, Bin Mohd Razali and Muhammad Asraf, Bin Abdullah (2019) The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9 (9). pp. 950-977. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARBSS DOI:10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i9/6384
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HG Finance
Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
Goe, Zhen Qi
Rosita, Binti. Hamdan
Audrey, Liwan
Kueh, Jerome Swee Hui
Mohd Waliuddin, Bin Mohd Razali
Muhammad Asraf, Bin Abdullah
The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia
title The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia
title_full The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia
title_fullStr The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia
title_short The Effects of Ownership Structures on Firm Information Asymmetry in Malaysia
title_sort effects of ownership structures on firm information asymmetry in malaysia
topic HB Economic Theory
HG Finance
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27721/1/Rosita.pdf
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http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARBSS
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