Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/218671 
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2018
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[Journal:] South African Journal of Business Management [ISSN:] 2078-5976 [Volume:] 49 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS) [Place:] Cape Town [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-9
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African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS), Cape Town
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With special institutional characteristics and regulatory requirements, what factors can motivate UK closed-end funds to engage in open-market repurchases? Investigating repurchase transactions on financial-year basis, I find that funds repurchase shares to reduce discounts and to increase the net asset value per share, as directors claim, but not to increase fund liquidity. I also find that funds repurchase shares to increase leverage ratios. Unlike conventional firms, neither distributing excess cash nor substituting dividend payouts promote fund repurchases. Fund size has a negative effect on repurchase decision.
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