Key determinants of IPO underpricing in the listed companies in Bursa Malaysia / Herlina Mohd Hatta

This study aims to give evidence of the key determinants of IPO underprice in listed company in Bursa Malaysia. Four variables are used as the key factor that influencing the underpriced of IPO which are the Firm Size, Issue Size, Leverage and Price Earning Ratio. This study covers the period of 2011 until 2015 using yearly data of listed company under IPO in Bursa Malaysia from 5 different industries which are Construction sector, Properties sector, Trading sector, Consumer Product sector and Technology sector. Result from the multiple regression showed that the only variables that significant is BV that indicate the firm size, while, NOSO, LEV and PER are insignificant relationship with the IPO underprice.