Underwriting spread and the investment of security company-affiliated venture capital

摘要

This article empirically examines the relationship between the underwriting spread of initial public offerings and the investment of security company-affiliated venture capital in Japan. The level of underwriting fee is negatively related to ownership by lead underwriter-affiliated venture capitals, while it is positively or not negatively related to ownership by the other venture capitals. This result suggests that lead underwriter-affiliated venture capitals provide their parent security companies with information regarding new issues.