Brookfield AUM reaches $1tn as earnings rise

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Brookfield Asset Administration stated that its belongings beneath administration have reached $1tn (£787bn), because it declared a powerful second quarter with $68bn of capital raised.

The Canadian asset supervisor invests throughout renewable vitality, actual property, non-public fairness, credit score and infrastructure.

Credit score is changing into an more and more massive focus for the group. In 2019, it took a majority stake in distressed and credit score markets investor Oaktree Capital.

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In April it acquired a further 5 per cent stake in Oaktree, bringing its complete holding to 73 per cent.

Its credit score enterprise accounted for $61bn of capital raised within the second quarter, which included $49bn of insurance coverage capital from American Fairness Funding Life Holding Firm, which it began to handle on behalf of American Fairness in the midst of the quarter.

“We additionally raised capital in our opportunistic credit score fund, our life sciences earnings fund, and our price alternatives fund,” Brookfield stated. “Moreover, we held a primary shut of $500m within the newest classic of our music royalty platform, Main Wave.”

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General, Brookfield reported internet earnings of $124m for the quarter, up from $109m in the identical quarter of 2023.

Price-related earnings rose by six per cent year-on-year to $583m however income dropped by seven per cent to $916m.

Brookfield deployed round $20bn of capital over the quarter and had $107bn of ‘dry powder’ which is but to be deployed.

Learn extra: Brookfield to launch seventh actual property debt fund this yr

Connor Teskey, president of Brookfield, declared the outcomes to be “one other sturdy quarter.”

“There’s sturdy momentum in our credit score enterprise, offering options to our companions globally,” he stated.

“We additionally proceed to see unprecedented alternatives in our renewable energy and transition enterprise.

“With one of many largest pipelines of over 230,000 megawatts of renewable energy in operation and beneath growth, and our quickly rising information middle platforms, which has seen its US capability develop 4 fold over the past two years, we’re the infrastructure chief behind the continuing AI revolution.”



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