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Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24594 Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies Ward, Mike kuben.thaver@gmail.com Thaver, Kuben UCTD Insider trading Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Insider trading is one of the most unscrupulous financial crimes, as it results in people placed in positions of trust effectively stealing from those that they were supposed to protect. This research examined the volumes traded in shares listed on the JSE All Share index, to determine if it could be used as an indicator of insider trading, and whether it increases significantly in the days immediately preceding SENS announcements. The top five abnormal returns per share were generated using control portfolios. These were analysed manually to identify the most appropriate SENS announcement. From the 735 abnormal returns, 142 announcements qualified for the volume analysis, after the removal of confounding events. These announcements were classified into seven categories: BEE and governance; financial structure; investment/disinvestment; key personnel; mergers and acquisitions; trading update; and other. The average daily cumulative abnormal volume turnover (ACAVT) was examined using a 21-day event window period preannouncement. The preceding 63 days were used to calculate the benchmark. Three techniques were used to calculate ACAVTs – equations, t-tests and bootstrapping - which proved successful in determining ACAVT. The tests showed that overall the ACAVT was statistically insignificant. Two categories exhibited significant ACAVT – BEE and governance, and key personnel. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T18:02:27Z 2010-07-08 2013-09-06T18:02:27Z 2010-04-11 2010-07-08 2010-05-12 Dissertation Thaver, K 2009, Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24594 > G10/378/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24594 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05122010-162458/ © 2009 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Insider trading Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies |
| title | Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies |
| title_full | Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies |
| title_fullStr | Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies |
| title_short | Abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in JSE listed companies |
| title_sort | abnormal volumes traded as an indication of insider trading in jse listed companies |
| topic | UCTD Insider trading |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24594 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05122010-162458/ |