Dual-class shares in Singapore – Where ideology meets pragmatism

• Main Author: LEE, Pey Woan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Dual-class shares; Singapore; corporate governance; Hong kong; Listing rules; Asian Studies; Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Finance
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3189; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5147/viewcontent/Lee_PW___Dual_Class_Shares__Pre_Print_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article seeks to understand the rationale for and potential implications of the introduction of dual class shares (DCS) in Singapore. It does so by first considering the theoretical as well as evidential arguments for and against the use of DCS, followed by a survey on the reception (or otherwi...