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Brookfield Asset Management
Brookfield Asset Management, led by CEO Bruce Flatt, manages $925 billion in alternative assets including infrastructure, real estate, and private equity.
Brookfield Asset Management
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT PIC CANADA, LP is a Toronto-based SEC-registered investment adviser. It was registered in 2009. The firm manages approximately $152.1 billion in assets.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
1899
AUM
$925 billion (per the firm, 2025)
Location
Region
North America
Country
Canada
City
Toronto, Ontario
Corporate office
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Additional offices
New York · London · Sydney · São Paulo · Mumbai · Dubai · Shanghai · Singapore
Principals
Bruce Flatt
Chief Executive Officer
Connor Teskey
President
Nicholas Goodman
Chief Financial Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Brookfield Asset Management?
CEO Bruce Flatt leads overall strategy, with President Connor Teskey overseeing day-to-day operations. Each business group—infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and credit—has a dedicated CIO. The firm's investment committee, chaired by Flatt, approves all major deals. (Source: firm's public filings, 2025)
How does Brookfield source proprietary deal flow?
Brookfield's operator-owner model gives it direct origination rights over assets it already runs—like utility grids or office towers. It also uses its in-house engineering and operational teams to identify buy-and-build opportunities that financial buyers might miss. For large-scale infrastructure, it often partners with pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. (Source: The Wall Street Journal, 2023)
Is Brookfield structured as an asset manager or an operating company?
Brookfield is a publicly traded alternative asset manager (NYSE: BAM) that also operates portfolio companies directly. It manages commingled funds, separate accounts, and its own balance sheet capital. The firm's ownership is widely held, with no single controlling family; the largest shareholders are institutional investors. (Source: firm's SEC filings, 2025)
Does Brookfield participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Brookfield principally makes direct control investments via its own closed-end funds. It also offers co-investment opportunities to limited partners and maintains strategies in private credit and insurance-linked assets. It does not act as a fund of funds. (Source: the firm, 2025)
What investment stages does Brookfield target?
Brookfield focuses on control-oriented investments in existing cash-flowing infrastructure, real estate, and businesses. It rarely invests in venture stage or early growth; its sweet spot is $500 million to $10 billion per deal. (Source: firm's investor presentations, 2024)
Which sectors does Brookfield explicitly avoid?
Brookfield avoids early-stage technology, pharmaceutical R&D, and pure venture capital. It does not invest in cannabis or direct coal mining. Its focus remains on hard assets with long-duration, inflation-indexed cash flows. (Source: firm's annual report, 2024)
Does Brookfield maintain philanthropic structures, and how are they separated?
Brookfield has a corporate foundation, the Brookfield Foundation, which focuses on community development and sustainability. The foundation is a separate legal entity from the asset manager; it is funded by a portion of the firm's profits. The firm also operates a separate impact investing platform, Brookfield Transition, for energy transition. (Source: firm's impact report, 2024)
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