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- Title
Agency Conflicts in Closed-End Funds: The Case of Rights Offerings.
- Authors
Khorana, Ajay; Wahal, Sunil; Zenner, Marc
- Abstract
We study 120 rights offerings by closed-end funds from 1988-1998. On average, rights offerings are announced when funds trade at a premium. This premium turns into a discount over the course of the offering. The premium decline is more severe when increases in the investment advisor's compensation are larger and when the fund uses affiliated broker-dealers to solicit subscriptions to the offer. A clinical analysis shows that rights offerings allow investment advisors to sidestep fee rebates and increase pecuniary benefits to affiliated entities. Overall, our results suggest the presence of significant conflicts of interest in rights offerings by closed-end funds.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CLOSED-end funds; BOOK value; INVESTMENT advisors; FINANCIAL services industry; MANAGEMENT; MUTUAL fund management; RIGHTS offerings; ETHICS
- Publication
Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, 2002, Vol 37, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0022-1090
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3595002