• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.195-202
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• 2022

This study investigates whether institutional investors increase or decrease the volatility of stock returns in the Thai stock market. For the purpose we used the data from SETSMART, a database provided by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Our sample is a balanced panel data covering 3,160 firm-year observations from 316 nonfinancial firms listed on the SET from 2011 to 2020. We analyze the link between institutional holdings and the volatility of stock returns by the pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model, the fixed effects model, and the random-effects model. In particular, we regress the stock return volatility on institutional ownership while controlling for firm size, financial leverage, growth opportunities, and stock turnover and accounting for industry effects and year effects. Our results indicate institutional investors' positive and significant influence on the volatility of the stock returns. Additionally, we performed the dynamic Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) estimator to alleviate concerns of possible endogeneity. The result still shows a positive impact of institutional investors on the volatility in stock returns. Overall, the findings of this study suggest that an increase in the volatility of stock returns in the Thai stock market may stem from a higher proportion of equity held by the institutional investors.

• Journal of East Asia Management
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-46
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• 2024

This study examines the relationship between institutional investors' shareholder activism and their performance, focusing particularly on the adoption of stewardship codes. The stewardship code includes guidelines for institutional investors to effectively fulfill the role of trustees and strengthen relationships with investee companies, with core elements such as enhancing shareholder rights. By analyzing the performance of institutional investors following the introduction of stewardship codes, this study aims increase understanding of the motivations behind institutional investors' active shareholder activism and the importance of stewardship codes. The study analyzes the relationship between the introduction of stewardship codes and the fidelity of voting rights exercised by asset management companies. According to the analysis, asset management companies that have adopted stewardship codes demonstrate higher performance compared to those that have not, particularly in terms of ROA performance. The result suggests a positive effect of stewardship adoption.

• The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.247-254
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• 2015

Objectives : The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of foreign and institutional investors in the pharmaceutical industry on R&D investments. Methods : The empirical analysis was done for the years 2009 to 2013 which examined the period after the influence of the financial crisis. Financial statements and comments in general and internal transactions were extracted from the TS-2000 of the Korea Listed Company Association. STATA 12.0 was used as the statistical package for the panel analysis. Results : The results show that the shareholding ratio of foreigner investors turned out to have a statistically significant influence on R&D investment. No statistical significance was found in the shareholding ratio of institutional investors. Conclusions : The findings of this study, which indicate that a higher shareholding ratio of foreigner investors leads to greater R&D investment, indicate that foreign investors directly or indirectly impose pressure on a manager to make R&D investments for the long-term.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.139-146
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• 2016

In this paper, we analyze the information asymmetry among investors in online trading environment using rumors which are collected in the Korean stock market for the eleven-year period between January 2004 and December 2014. We find that cumulative abnormal return of sample firms is negative and statistically significant, indicating that a significant fall of the stock price starts before the online disclosure, suggesting that the rumors were reflected in the stock price to a significant extent. Furthermore, individual investors show net purchases on firms prior to disclosure while institutional investors show net sales, showing that individual investors trade unfavorably vis-$\grave{a}$-vis institutional investors. This phenomenon is more evident for the KOSDAQ. This result confirms that the information asymmetry exists between individual and institutional investors in online trading environment.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.363-368
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• 2004

The stocks of listed S&M sized firms in the KoreaStock Exchange(KSE) have been neglected to investors for long time in site of their good performences. The word "Neglected" means that the stocks of listed S&M sized firms in the KSE have fail to acquried liquidity. In the result, Listed S&M sized firms in the KSE have not financed equity by issuing stocks timely in the primary market. This problem has resulted in poor investment to their listed S&M sized firms in the KSE. The possible key to sovlve this problem is in the Institutional Investors, especially to the Pension fund. Korean Institutional Investors have lost their basic roles, that is, final supports to prevent the markets not to demolish. The Acts prventing Pension to invest to the stocks is to change to allowing to invest them in soon. this opportunity is good chance to solve the problems of poor liquidity of stocks of listed S&M sized firms in the KSE.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.83-105
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• 2013

There are many literatures about the herding behavior of institutional investors but there is lack of literatures about the relation among several investor groups consisting of institutional investors. So we investigate the relation among sub-institutional investor groups like bank, insurance companies, pension funds using KRX intraday trading data of 2009. As the result, we find that foreign, individual, and securities firm investors trade in the opposite direction of other investor groups including pension funds. And pension, insurance, asset management, private equity funds, other companies, government, and banks are cross-mimicking each other, so we conclude that these investors make herding behavior. In 2009 institutional investors except securities firms make herding in a short period, and insurance, asset management, pension funds and other companies make herding and self-mimicking in all period, but there is no herding and mimicking after foreign investors.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.2930-2936
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• 2012

This paper examines the effects of corporate ownership structure variables on stock returns. The dependent variables identified in this paper include the equity ratio of large shareholders, institutional investors and foreign investors, and the control variables are firm size, book-to-market ratio, and earning-to-price ratio and leverage. This paper finds that the results of regressions say that institutional investors and foreign investors, firm size, book-to-market ratio and earning-to-price ratio can explain the differences in stock returns using panel data.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.81-95
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• 2021

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of holding period of IPOs on BHAR(CAR) of IPOs in IPO process, especially focused on business relationship of underwriters and institutional investors. Design/methodology/approach - This paper collected monthly IPO fund data in KOSDAQ during 2004 to 2012 and OLS(Ordinary Least Square) was hired to analyze the data. Findings - Underwriters do allocate IPOs with high BHAR(CAR) to business-related institutional investors holding IPOs longer to make the price of IPOs stable (market-making) for underewriters. Research implications or Originality - This paper finds the impact of holding period of IPOs on BHAR(CAR) of IPOs in IPO process, especially focused on business relationship of underwriters and institutional investors in Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.77-80
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• 2000

Feedback herding strategy in stock market means considering other investor's strategy as a basis of market forecasting of next term. Generally, individual investors use that strategy which mimics the strategy of institutional investors. When it is used in stock market, both kind of investors, preceders and followers, can take the higher average of rate of return to normal market in which no feedback herding strategy is not use, the more investors take part in. And variance of return, the risk of investment, are same to both group.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.35-44
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• 2022

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to find out the impact of ownership structure on firm performance in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry of Bangladesh. Research design, data and methodology: The study has been conducted on 28 listed pharmaceutical and chemical companies from 2012 to 2020. Return on Assets (ROA) and Tobin's Q are selected as indicators of internal and market performance of the firms respectively whereas institutional ownership, directors' ownership and foreign ownership are selected as proxies of ownership structure. Panel analysis using random effects, lag method and time dummy method is used to analyse the relationship. Results: The study has found the existence of highly concentrated directors' ownership, a low percentage of institutional ownership and a very insignificant proportion of foreign ownership in the industry. The regression results show that directors' ownership has a positive and significant impact on firm performance, supporting the concept of agency theory. The study has also found a positive and significant impact of foreign ownership on firm performance. Unfortunately, the impact of institutional ownership is found to be insignificant. Conclusions: Directors' ownership and foreign ownership decreases agency cost that ultimately increases firm performance. However, the role of institutional investors is not significant enough to improve firm performance. It is suggested that institutional investors should be more active and involved in monitoring the activities of the organisations to improve performance.