Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news

This paper examines the pattern of order aggressiveness, and the determinants of this pattern for institutional and retail brokers in the interval around monetary policy announcements. Utilizing a high-frequency dataset, with broker identifiers for each order submitted on the ASX over the period Dec...

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Main Author: Smales, Lee
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22754
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description This paper examines the pattern of order aggressiveness, and the determinants of this pattern for institutional and retail brokers in the interval around monetary policy announcements. Utilizing a high-frequency dataset, with broker identifiers for each order submitted on the ASX over the period Dec 2007–Dec 2014, I identify a sharp increase in the number of orders submissions in the period following RBA announcements. Orders are more aggressive, and more abundant, when there is less information for investors to digest. On average, retail orders are more aggressive and are exclusively concerned with the likelihood of order execution. The submission decision of institutional brokers is more nuanced and evolves over time as market conditions change and information arrives. I also recognize differences in order aggressiveness attributable to firm-size and industry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-227542019-02-24T23:20:02Z Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news Smales, Lee This paper examines the pattern of order aggressiveness, and the determinants of this pattern for institutional and retail brokers in the interval around monetary policy announcements. Utilizing a high-frequency dataset, with broker identifiers for each order submitted on the ASX over the period Dec 2007–Dec 2014, I identify a sharp increase in the number of orders submissions in the period following RBA announcements. Orders are more aggressive, and more abundant, when there is less information for investors to digest. On average, retail orders are more aggressive and are exclusively concerned with the likelihood of order execution. The submission decision of institutional brokers is more nuanced and evolves over time as market conditions change and information arrives. I also recognize differences in order aggressiveness attributable to firm-size and industry. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22754 10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.02.005 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Smales, Lee
Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
title Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
title_full Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
title_fullStr Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
title_full_unstemmed Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
title_short Order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
title_sort order aggressiveness of different broker-types in response to monetary policy news
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22754