Are dual-class shares in a class of their own?

Ryan M Apr 18, 2016

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About ten years ago, dual-class share structures were getting a lot of negative attention in Canada due to governance issues surrounding their structure. More recently, Canadian markets have seen dual-class share structures pop up in high profile names like Shopify and Cara Operations. So why the silence and why the renewed interest in these structures by companies?