Does Broker Anonymity Hide Informed Traders?
Transparency and Governance in a Global World
ISBN: 978-1-78052-764-2, eISBN: 978-1-78052-765-9
Publication date: 29 November 2012
Abstract
This study investigates whether broker anonymity impairs the ability of the market to detect informed trading in the lead up to takeover announcements. Our research represents the first study in this area to analyse the effects of broker anonymity in the context of significant information asymmetry. Results indicate that informed traders are less detected, and therefore better off when broker identifiers are concealed. This finding has important policy implications for exchange officials deciding whether or not to reveal broker identifiers surrounding trades, especially considering that almost all prior research suggests that broker anonymity is correlated with improved liquidity.
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Citation
Lepone, A., Segara, R. and Wong, B. (2012), "Does Broker Anonymity Hide Informed Traders?", Choi, J.J. and Sami, H. (Ed.) Transparency and Governance in a Global World (International Finance Review, Vol. 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 287-317. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-3767(2012)0000013013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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