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Brookfield Asset Management Lifts Q1 Earnings, Raises $21 Billion

Management emphasizes hard assets over direct lending.

Overview

  • Fee-related earnings rose to US$772 million in the first quarter, equal to 48 cents per share.
  • Distributable earnings increased 7% to US$702 million, a cash measure managers use to show what could be paid to shareholders.
  • Profit reached US$617 million, or 38 cents per share, up from US$581 million a year earlier.
  • Fundraising totaled US$21 billion for the quarter and US$67 billion year to date, including a US$40 billion Just Group mandate plus US$13 billion from credit and US$6 billion at the first close of its main private equity fund.
  • After the quarter ended, Brookfield closed a £2.4 billion purchase of a U.K. retirement-services provider and repurchased US$375 million of shares as it stressed a focus on hard assets and limited direct private-credit exposure.