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Role of Capital Markets in Firm Financing
Stijn ClaessensWorld Bank
Capital Markets ConferenceMedellin, ColombiaMay 5 and 6, 2005
I would like to thank (all of the World Bank) Felice Friedman and Tadashi Endo for valuable discussions and inputs and Augusto de la
Torre and Sergio Schmukler for providing some of material used here
Outline of presentation• One:
– The importance of capital markets for growth, the basic messages
– The reforms and outcomes in Latin America; and – Recent twists on what matters for capital markets
• Second: – How capital markets can be important for currently non-
listed firms reviewing the roles conceptually; and – Reviewing some recent data on non-listed firms financial
structures and performance • Third:
– How one may need to adapt the model for capital markets to the needs of smaller firms, also given the “withering”
– More open questions• Conclusion, policy implications and overall lessons
Role of capital markets: general theory and evidence
• Theory– Provide access to capital at low cost for large and small
enterprises, governments and households– Facilitate the transfer of risks, enabling the assumption of
risks by more appropriate agents and diversify– Facilitate price discovery, asset valuation, monitoring and
governance, thus more efficient resource allocation• Evidence
– Capital markets and growth: yes, just as for other financial markets. Most evidence on capital markets focused on raising of financing, diversification, with liquidity to matter especially, and only some on other functions (monitoring, corporate governance)
While generally markets determinants known, development is not easy
• “Complications”, some of which more recently: – Financial structure (mix banking/capital markets), not key
to growth, rather financial functions matter most– Basics (legal, accounting, disclosure, etc.) essential for any
forms of financing – Macro: overall stability, no crowding out; still hampering
corporate bond and equity markets, especially in LAC – Globalization, internationalization, migration, withering,
economies of scale in markets, newer risks– New technology, also of trading systems; and for profit,
questions on governance of market infrastructure– Older: enforcement and capture of capital markets
• These should affect model for capital markets development
• Significant progress in macro stability• Sweeping financial liberalization since the late-1980s,
followed by financial and other reforms– Domestic markets; Stock markets; Capital account;
• Promotion of securities markets intensified in the 1990s– Rules: legal, regulatory, accounting & disclosure,
governance– Infrastructure: trading, custody, clearance & settlement– Demand: pension reform and emergence of
institutional investors– Supply: privatization of public enterprises
Latin America has had no shortage of capital markets reforms
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Yet, disheartening results: small and illiquid capital markets
• Equity markets– Growth in market cap far less than in Asia or G-7– Illiquid secondary markets
• Bond markets– Significant deepening of government bond markets, but
still fragmented and insufficiently liquid– Market for corporate bonds small and extremely illiquid
• Repo and derivatives markets– Repo market tends to be liquid, often the “securities
market” in small countries– Embryonic or non derivatives markets, except:
• Mexican forward FX market; Brazil’s paradox: liquid derivatives, illiquid cash; Chile’s OTC for FX hedges
Market capitalization in Latin America dramatically behind Asia and G-7
G-7 countries Asian countries
Latin American countries
Latin American markets caught in a persistent low liquidity equilibrium
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Stock of private bonds in Latin markets pales compared to Asia and G-7
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Interim implications/conclusions on capital markets development in LAC
• One answer: more reform is needed– More patience needed and reforms to be deepened
• But reforms have been significant and template-based approach has been followed already
– Sequencing might need to be adjusted• But openness is key to dislodge resistance to reform
• Better answer– Reforms need to be rethought in light of basic issues– Expectations need to be adjusted– Comprehensive approach needed integrating financial
development, open macro/int’l finance and real reforms • Questions on capital markets development particularly
pertinent for smaller firms
Role of capital markets in financing for Non-Listed Companies (NLC)
• Direct role, for the same reasons as above – NLC come to public market to get financing. NLC more
leveraged than Listed Companies (LC): NLC need equity – NLC are often also involved in capital markets as
“intermediaries” (raising CG-issues) • Indirect, other channels, can also be important for NLC
– Indirectly: NLC can benefit from better financing, improved performance, corporate governance, etc. of LC
– Through competition: when banking system dominates, equity and bond markets can break links and force commercial banks to go downstream to NLC
– By diversification: reduce systemic risks and indirectly help access to finance for NLC
Specific links of capital markets and NLC
• Demand: – Willingness of closely held, family-owned firms to go
public depends on degree of capital markets development • Supply:
– Existence of VC-funds and institutional investors willingness to take on private equity depends on capital markets development, affects NLC-firm-financing directly
• Other:– Although for smaller firms, bank financing more important
and thus link indirect, scope of corporate bonds, even if privately placed, depends on capital markets development
– Some experiences with pools of securitized SME assets suggest that capital markets can help in financing.
But “market” for NLC may have to look different for market for LC
• NLC can not satisfy same requirements– Listing standards too tight; rules too costly and time to IPO
too long; also expected delisting costs too high – When having choice, firms select exchange to minimize
total issuance costs (and also choose legal location to trade-off access to financing with costs/private benefits)
• NLC are also looking for something different– Benefits of liquidity not as high as control still tight(-er)– Price discovery through markets not as relevant as
investment guided in other ways– Disclosures too costly as more to the insiders directly and
competitive effects too large– Management gives up some autonomy on investment
What do we see in practice?Comparisons of a sample of European
(East and West) NLC and LC firms • NLC differ not so much from LC in most (developing)
countries in terms of financing structures and performance • Ownership structures
– While ownership is more concentrated for NLC, fewer differences in emerging markets between NLC and LC
– Family-owned firms dominate LC, industrial NLC• Investment and external financing
– LC are larger and older than NLC, while NLC more into trading activities and have less fixed assets
– More non-public access to financing for NLC, higher leverage of NLC and less long-term debt than LC
• Yet overall performance of NLC better than LC– Higher rates of return, higher turnover, lower margins
In most countries, NLC more likely have a blockholder over 50%, compared to LC
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Listed Non-listed
Oper. Revenue (mean) - in $m 2861 450 Oper. Revenue (median) -in $m 356 148 Employment (mean) - in 000s 11.6 1.5 Employment (median) - in 000s 1.7 0.4 % Manufacturing firms 32.0 36.1 % Trade firms 9.5 27.4 Firm age (mean) 43 30 Firm age (median) 30 21 % Consolidated firms 88.3 28.1 % Western Europe firms 58.8 65.3 % Eastern Europe firms 6.1 3.6
Similar type NLC have higher rates of return, lower margins, higher leverage, less fixed assets, higher
turnover, and less long-term debt than LC do Listed N on-listed
Return-on-Assets 2.6 4.8 Return-on-Shareholders 4.5 12.6 EBIT m argin 7.0 5.6 Debt-to-equity ratio 2.0 5.5 Fixed assets as a % of total assets 46.6 39.5 Sales/(Fixed assets) ratio 7.3 13.7 N on-current debt as a % of total debt 31.6 28.7
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Implications: external financing key factor for NLC to come to market
• Many LC are similar to NLC in developing countries in terms of ownership concentration and financial structures– Means overall institutional environment (laws,
enforcement, accounting/auditing) crucial for both types • Capital markets role for NLC will largely be a function of their
(perceived) access to cheaper financing– Banks, creditors and other financiers (and other
stakeholders) need to want to let NLC go– Need to keep transition costs from NLC to LC (and from
LC to NLC) low. Requires certain “capital markets”– Since NLC major growth source, adapt markets model
Reconsider capital markets development and model to be pursued
• Global trends, lessons and needs of NLC require reevaluate the objective. What is being pursued: Access to financing? Stability? Price discovery? National flagship?
• Reprioritization for (private sector) “development” means:– Back to basic infrastructure: legal, accounting, basic
corporate governance, macro-stability, etc. – Consider more primary markets to raise financing, which can
require quite different approaches– Consider overall approach: a pickup-truck or a cadillac? Less
emphasis on the front-end/trading systems parts
Back to basics and sequencing
• Back to basics. Stress corporate law instead of securities markets law. Also, avoid the transplant effects, e.g., adopt laws and regulations suitable for local circumstances. Be willing to adapt IOSCO-principles to emerging markets/smaller markets. Be flexible, e.g., allow more short-selling: was the norm, implicit (Europe) or explicit (US).
• Revisit sequencing. Look at history, current model not used in past in many now developed countries. From money markets, to bond markets to equity markets. More gradual approach, with private placements, larger role of banks (although watch universal banks), private placements instead of (I)Pos; other?
Capital markets in developed countries
Market serving private interests only
Market serving public & private interests
• Who has financed reaching these points in developed countries?
• Who should pay for positive externalities in developing countries?
Discovery of public interestsin capital markets
Short period (10-20 yrs)
Long period (100-200 yrs)
Financing of market regulation & infrastructure building
Capital markets in developing countries
Make adoptions in issuanceto needs of smaller firms
• Lower all-in costs and reduce barriers for new issuance in main and other markets– All-in costs still very high in LAC (locally often higher
than int. and higher for equity than bond) as countries are amortizing costs of infrastructure. Time delays also long
• Consider alternative offering regimes– OTC, small caps, adjust listing requirements, etc. AIM,
Kosdaq, Nasdaq type models may be useful– But: tradeoffs with signaling on main local markets, how to
graduate from Neuer Markets (not Brazil Novo Mercado)– And consider economies of scale (regulation/supervision,
back-office, etc.) with multiple markets
Make adoptions in trading systemsto needs of smaller firms
• Consider the economics of running a market.– What is business model? Seek synergies among various
markets (bond, equity), in front & back parts, over time• Consider other type of trading systems
– Lessons from smaller markets suggests that order driven is being circumvented by side-transactions
– More dealer, uniform price auctions, shorter hours, upstairs-type markets: can help lower/defer costs
• Watch political economy– Capital markets often captured in some countries due to
insufficient accountability, weak institutional infrastructure, combined with waves of investors’ (foreign/domestic) sentiment. National flagship can increase this risk
Capital markets and other reforms & developments, and risks
• Make clearer the links between capital markets development and other reforms and developments– Links between housing finance, infrastructure, project
financing, contractual savings and (corporate) bond markets tighter way to develop markets
– Also can be easies from a political economy • Think in terms of financing and risk management tools
– Longer term instruments and investors which reduce liquidity risks and mismatching risks
– Local markets for debt which reduce currency risk– Derivatives markets which can help manage duration
mismatches and related asset price risks– Corporate governance, legal reform to reduce systemic risks
Make clearer the links between capital markets and other reform and developments
Pension and Insurance ReformMaintaining replacement rates,
asset integrity, A/L management annuities
Housing FinanceMortgage bonds and
securitization
Government FinanceDebt sustainability and stable
redemption profiles
Health and EducationFinancingPrivate ventures,
innovative products
Infrastructure Finance
PPP initiatives and structured finance, bonds
Agriculture Finance
Warehouse receipts and storage finance, catastrophic
insurance, agricultural derivatives
Transmission ofMonetary PolicyEffective money market and
liquidity operations
Debt, Equity, and Derivatives
Markets
Conclusions and policy implications– Get sequencing right, do basics first
– Information and contract enforcement key– Some of the institutional environment can be imported or
sourced abroad, but still needs some local markets– Wait for the fruits of reforms
– Liquidity, efficiency, depth can not be assured quickly– Pay a premium for domestic financing for some time
– Revisit basic issues and reshape expectations– Capital markets need not be uniform across the globe– Intermediate markets can serve many of the purposes, e.g.,
OTC-markets, private equity, VC, etc.