Brookfield Asset Management Voting Ord Shs Class A BXDIF

Massive Opportunity for long term investor ??

[born2trade]

good read if  you are holding BAM or planning to hold in near future . 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4411404-brookfield-asset-management-massive-opportunity-ahead

couple of growth areas 
 - Reinsurance business 
- Tech fund 
- Redeveloping exsiting real estate and transitioning to residential (near term) and reducing exposure to real estate in long term as per Bruce Flat's comment in annual shareholders meeting 
- short term downside risk but long term outlook looks promising 

Thanks

[argon12]

BAM is run by very clever people. The one caveat on BAM is that the insiders who control the companies are greedy fuks. They run the company for themselves not the average shareholder.  Have you seen what they give themselves in compensation, RTU's, Options, Deferred stock. It's gross. Any share buybacks done likely just cover what they gives themselves out in free stock

[born2trade]

very valid point and 100% agree with you. .  BAM is managed very secretely and many details are not to shareholders (private funds and contribution etc) and 40 odd people have all the contols to do what they want .  Bruce Flatt, Jack Cockwell and 38 others own 100% of Partners Limited  and have special voting rights and power to appoint 9 of the 16 directors  in BAM  and

[HonestAl]

Argon12, you stated "... I really wish the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. SEC  COMMISSION would no allow multiple classes of shares allowed to publicly traded companies." Did Mark Carney put a gun to your head and make you purchase shares?  You sound like a bitter old guy whose retirement fund is 100% in one stock. Maybe try a casino since you'll at least get a