This is a spreadsheet of excess returns due to the size segment of Australian companies. Size is taken as a proxy for liquidity. The beta of a stock that never trades is zero but obviously that stock is not risk-free. All we have done is swap systematic risk for illiquidity risk. Currently, people use such risk premia derived from USA data, such as the Ibbotson small stock premia. This data set is our version of the Ibbotson results for Australian stocks.
This is a commissioned project. The data will be made available 6 months after the client has had exclusive use.
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