Assets Under Management Now Approximately $1 Trillion
$68 Billion of Capital Raised in the Quarter
Annualized FRE and DE Grew 11% and 12% to $2.5 Billion and $2.4 Billion
BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Aug. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Connor Teskey, President of
He continued, “We now have approximately $1 trillion of assets under management. This reflects the dedication and talent of our over 2,400 investment and asset management professionals and nearly a quarter-million operating employees around the world, and is a testament to our commitment to serving our clients and delivering attractive, consistent risk-adjusted returns over the long term.”
Operating Results
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.
Net income for
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For the periods ended June 30 | Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | ||||||||||
(US$ millions, except per share amounts) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Fee-Related Earnings2 | $ | 583 | $ | 548 | $ | 2,281 | $ | 2,194 | ||||
Add back: equity-based compensation costs and other3 | 41 | 47 | 188 | 150 | ||||||||
Less: cash taxes | (76 | ) | (68 | ) | (220 | ) | (161 | ) | ||||
Distributable Earnings2 | $ | 548 | $ | 527 | $ | 2,249 | $ | 2,183 | ||||
Fee-related earnings per share | $ | 0.36 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 1.40 | $ | 1.34 | ||||
Distributable earnings per share | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.32 | $ | 1.38 | $ | 1.33 | ||||
Net income attributable to | $ |
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Operating Highlights
Financial Results
Fee-bearing capital reached $514 billion at the end of the second quarter, up $74 billion or 17% over the past year and up $55 billion or 12% from the prior quarter.
Brookfield Asset Management’s fee-related earnings were $583 million ($0.36 / share) for the quarter and $2.3 billion ($1.40 / share) over the last twelve months, up 6% and 4% over the same periods in the prior year, respectively.
Distributable earnings were $548 million ($0.34 / share) for the quarter and $2.2 billion ($1.38 / share) over the last twelve months, up 4% and 3% over the same periods in the prior year, respectively.
Fundraising
We raised $68 billion in the second quarter of 2024. Notable fundraising updates during the second quarter include:
- Within our credit franchise, we raised $61 billion of capital, including $49 billion of insurance capital from AEL. We also raised capital in our opportunistic credit fund, our life sciences income fund, and our value opportunities fund. Additionally, we held a first close of $500 million in the latest vintage of our music royalty platform, Primary Wave.
- We raised $4.0 billion of capital in our renewable power and transition business, and expect additional closes for our Global Transition flagship and a first close for our Catalytic Transition fund later this year.
- Within our infrastructure business, we raised a total of $900 million, primarily within our private wealth and perpetual infrastructure funds. This fundraising within our supercore infrastructure fund was the highest quarterly total for this strategy since 2022.
- Within our real estate business, we raised $1.1 billion, including additional capital for the fifth vintage of our opportunistic real estate flagship fund, bringing the total fund strategy to approximately $9 billion, with additional closes expected before year end.
- We raised over $500 million of capital in our private equity business, including capital for
Pinegrove Capital Partners , bringing that total fund size to approximately $800 million.
Deployment and Recent Deal Announcements
In the second quarter, we deployed or committed to deploy approximately $20 billion of capital into investments across a number of high-quality businesses and assets.
Notable deployments in the quarter include:
- Deployed $6.0 billion across our credit portfolio, including $2.2 billion across the eleventh and twelfth vintages of our opportunistic credit flagships and $1.1 billion within our strategic credit fund.
- Deployed $1.5 billion across our real estate platform, including approximately $500 million into a
U.S. Multifamily Portfolio in the fifth vintage of our opportunistic real estate flagship fund. - Deployed approximately $500 million out of the first vintage of our global transition flagship fund, including approximately $200 million towards our investment in a Latin American-focused power provider.
Notable commitments include:
- In June, we entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Neoen, a global, leading, pure-play renewable development business. This transaction is a key strategic investment in the second vintage of our global transition flagship fund and we expect the transaction to be closed by the first quarter of 2025.
- Also in June, we purchased GEMS Education, a premier private education provider based in the
Middle East , with its founder representing $2.0 billion in equity. This was closed into our Strategic Initiatives fund andMiddle East fund, along with other partners, and underscores our commitment to investing in this high-growth region. The deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter. - Subsequent to quarter-end, we announced the acquisition of nVent Electric’s electrical thermal solutions business for $850 million of equity. This business is the leading designer and manufacturer of electric heat trace systems and products, which are mission critical and enable operational safety and efficiency for many essential industries.
Uncalled Fund Commitments and Cash on Hand
As of June 30, 2024, we had a total of $107 billion of uncalled fund commitments.
- Uncalled fund commitments include $51 billion which is not currently earning fees, but which will earn approximately $510 million of fees annually once deployed.
In addition, we held $1.9 billion of cash and equivalents on our balance sheet as of June 30, 2024.
Recent Strategic Transactions
We announced several strategic transactions during the quarter:
- In April, we acquired an additional 5% interest in Oaktree, which brings our ownership stake to approximately 73%.
- In May,
Pinegrove Capital Partners , a manager focused on technology secondary solutions that we own through our joint venture with Sequoia Heritage, signed a definitive agreement to acquireSVB Capital , the asset management division ofSVB Financial .SVB Capital is a multi-strategy investment platform that manages a series of venture capital fund of funds, as well as other funds focused on private technology and life science companies throughout the innovation economy.
Regular Dividend Declaration
The board of directors of
End Notes
- Reflects full period results unless otherwise noted on a 100% basis for
Brookfield Asset Management , being Brookfield Asset Management ULC and its subsidiaries, including its share of the asset management activities of partly owned subsidiaries. - See Reconciliation of Net Income to Fee-Related Earnings and Distributable Earnings on page 6 and Non-GAAP and Performance Measures section on page 8.
- Equity-based compensation costs and other income includes
Brookfield Asset Management's portion of partly owned subsidiaries investment income, realized carried interest, and other items.
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Unaudited | June 30, | December 31, | ||
Assets | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 10 | $ | 9 |
Investment in | 3,330 | 2,270 | ||
Due from affiliates | 769 | 886 | ||
Other assets | 76 | 40 | ||
Total Assets | $ | 4,185 | $ | 3,205 |
Liabilities | ||||
Accounts payable and other | $ | 709 | $ | 859 |
Due to affiliates | 216 | 261 | ||
Total Liabilities | 925 | 1,120 | ||
Equity | ||||
Total Equity | 3,260 | 2,085 | ||
Total Liabilities and Equity | $ | 4,185 | $ | 3,205 |
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Unaudited | Three Months Ended | |||||
For the periods ended June 30 Three Months Ended | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
Equity accounted income | $ | 130 | $ | 114 | ||
Compensation and other expenses | (6 | ) | (5 | ) | ||
Net Income | $ | 124 | $ | 109 | ||
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Diluted | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.28 | ||
Basic | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.28 | ||
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Unaudited | June 30, | December 31, | ||
Assets | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,931 | $ | 2,667 |
Accounts receivable and other | 562 | 588 | ||
Investments | 8,276 | 7,522 | ||
Due from affiliates | 2,358 | 2,504 | ||
Deferred income tax assets and other assets | 1,020 | 1,009 | ||
Total Assets | $ | 14,147 | $ | 14,290 |
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Accounts payable and other | $ | 1,899 | $ | 1,799 |
Due to affiliates | 997 | 986 | ||
Deferred income tax liabilities and other | 2,274 | 2,206 | ||
5,170 | 4,991 | |||
Equity | 8,977 | 9,299 | ||
Total Liabilities and Equity | $ | 14,147 | $ | 14,290 |
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Unaudited | Three Months Ended | |||||
For the periods ended June 30 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
Revenues | ||||||
Management fee and incentive distribution revenues | $ | 821 | $ | 770 | ||
Carried interest income, net of amounts attributable to Corporation | 54 | 54 | ||||
Other revenue, net | 41 | 161 | ||||
Total Revenues | 916 | 985 | ||||
Expenses | ||||||
Compensation, operating, and general and administrative expenses | (368 | ) | (348 | ) | ||
Interest expense | (5 | ) | (5 | ) | ||
Total Expenses | (373 | ) | (353 | ) | ||
Other income | 64 | 75 | ||||
Share of income from equity accounted investments | 53 | 29 | ||||
Income Before Taxes | 660 | 736 | ||||
Income tax expense | (142 | ) | (156 | ) | ||
Net Income | 518 | 580 | ||||
Net income attributable to | 23 | 125 | ||||
Net income attributable to | $ | 495 | $ | 455 | ||
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Diluted | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.28 | ||
Basic | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.28 | ||
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RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO FEE-RELATED EARNINGS AND DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS | ||||||
Unaudited | Three Months Ended | |||||
For the periods ended June 30 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
Net income | $ | 518 | $ | 580 | ||
Add or subtract the following: | ||||||
Provision for taxes1 | 142 | 156 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Carried interest allocations3 | (55 | ) | (114 | ) | ||
Carried interest allocation compensation3 | (40 | ) | (3 | ) | ||
Other income and expenses4 | (24 | ) | (72 | ) | ||
Interest expense paid to related parties5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Interest and dividend revenue5 | (36 | ) | (40 | ) | ||
Other revenues6 | — | (31 | ) | |||
Share of income from equity accounted investments7 | (53 | ) | (29 | ) | ||
Fee-related earnings of partly owned subsidiaries at our share7 | 77 | 65 | ||||
Compensation costs recovered from affiliates8 | 45 | 22 | ||||
Fee Revenues from BSREP III & other9 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Fee-Related Earnings | 583 | 548 | ||||
Cash taxes10 | (76 | ) | (68 | ) | ||
Add back: equity-based compensation costs and other11 | 41 | 47 | ||||
Distributable Earnings | $ | 548 | $ | 527 | ||
- This adjustment removes the impact of income tax provisions on the basis that we do not believe this item reflects the present value of the actual tax obligations that we expect to incur over the long-term due to the substantial deferred tax assets of
Brookfield Asset Management . - This adjustment removes the depreciation and amortization on property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which are non-cash in nature and therefore excluded from Fee-Related Earnings.
- These adjustments remove unrealized carried interest allocations and the associated compensation expense, which are excluded from Fee- Related Earnings as these items are unrealized in nature.
- This adjustment removes other income and expenses associated with non-cash fair value changes.
- This adjustment removes interest and charges paid or received involving related party loans.
- This adjustment adds back other revenues earned that are non-cash in nature.
- These adjustments remove our share of partly owned subsidiaries’ earnings, including items 1) to 6) above and include its share of partly owned subsidiaries’ Fee-Related Earnings.
- This item adds back compensation costs that will be borne by affiliates and are non-cash in nature.
- This adjustment adds back base management fees earned from funds that are eliminated upon consolidation and other items.
- Represents the impact of cash taxes paid by the business.
- This adjustment adds back equity-based compensation and other income associated with Brookfield Asset Management’s portion of partly owned subsidiaries’ investment income, realized carried interest and other items.
Additional Information
The Letter to Shareholders and the Supplemental Information for the three months and twelve months ended June 30, 2024 contain further information on the company’s strategy, operations and financial results. Shareholders are encouraged to read these documents, which are available on BAM’s website.
The statements contained herein are based primarily on information that has been extracted from our financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, which have been prepared using
BAM’s board of directors has reviewed and approved this document, including the summarized unaudited consolidated financial statements, prior to its release.
Information on our dividends can be found on our website under Stock & Distributions - Distribution History section at bam.brookfield.com.
Quarterly Earnings Call Details
Investors, analysts and other interested parties can access BAM’s Second Quarter 2024 Results, as well as the Letter to Shareholders and Supplemental Information, on its website under the Reports & Filings section at bam.brookfield.com.
To participate in the Conference Call today at 11:00 a.m. ET, please preregister at https://register.vevent.com/register/BIfc7713ee998f400c8d32e654adb9f59d. Upon registering, you will be emailed a dial-in number, and unique PIN.
The Conference Call will also be webcast live at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/7edugn7v. For those unable to participate in the Conference Call, the telephone replay will be archived and available until August 7, 2025, or available on our website at bam.brookfield.com.
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Non-GAAP and Performance Measures
This news release and accompanying financial information are based on generally accepted accounting principles in
We make reference to Distributable Earnings (“DE”), which is referring to the sum of its fee-related earnings, realized carried interest, realized principal investments, interest expense, and general and administrative expenses; excluding equity-based compensation costs and depreciation and amortization. The most directly comparable measure disclosed in the primary financial statements of
We use Fee-Related Earnings (“FRE”) and DE to assess our operating results and the value of Brookfield’s business and believe that many shareholders and analysts also find these measures of value to them.
We disclose a number of financial measures in this news release that are calculated and presented using methodologies other than in accordance with
We provide additional information on key terms and non-GAAP measures in our filings available at bam.brookfield.com.
Notice to Readers
BAM is not making any offer or invitation of any kind by communication of this news release and under no circumstance is it to be construed as a prospectus or an advertisement.
This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of Canadian provincial securities laws and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
Although BAM believes that such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable estimates, beliefs and assumptions, actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) our lack of independent means of generating revenue; (ii) our material assets consisting solely of our interest in
We caution that the foregoing list of important factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive and other factors could also adversely affect future results. Readers are urged to consider these risks, as well as other uncertainties, factors and assumptions carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are based only on information available to us as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, BAM undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Past performance is not indicative nor a guarantee of future results. There can be no assurance that comparable results will be achieved in the future, that future investments will be similar to historic investments discussed herein, that targeted returns, growth objectives, diversification or asset allocations will be met or that an investment strategy or investment objectives will be achieved (because of economic conditions, the availability of appropriate opportunities or otherwise).
Target returns and growth objectives set forth in this news release are for illustrative and informational purposes only and have been presented based on various assumptions made by BAM in relation to the investment strategies being pursued, any of which may prove to be incorrect. There can be no assurance that targeted returns or growth objectives will be achieved. Due to various risks, uncertainties and changes (including changes in economic, operational, political or other circumstances) beyond BAM’s control, the actual performance of the business could differ materially from the target returns and growth objectives set forth herein. In addition, industry experts may disagree with the assumptions used in presenting the target returns and growth objectives. No assurance, representation or warranty is made by any person that the target returns or growth objectives will be achieved, and undue reliance should not be put on them.
Certain of the information contained herein is based on or derived from information provided by independent third-party sources. While BAM believes that such information is accurate as of the date it was produced and that the sources from which such information has been obtained are reliable, BAM makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, reasonableness or completeness of any of the information or the assumptions on which such information is based, contained herein, including but not limited to, information obtained from third parties.
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