BAM · the manager
Earns management fees, certain incentive distributions and performance income, then pays staff and operating costs. FRE measures the recurring fee business under BAM’s definition.
Reported financial summary
Annual history of the reported asset-management platform. Period-end fee-bearing capital and full-year earnings/fundraising are distinct measures; ownership and platform scope can change.
- Fee-bearing capital
- 602.714US$bn · 2025 · At 31 December
- FRE per share
- 1.84US$ per share · 2025 · Full year ended 31 December
- Distributable earnings per share
- 1.65US$ per share · 2025 · Full year ended 31 December
- Fundraising · capital raised
- 111.7US$bn · 2025 · Full year ended 31 December
Definitions, sources and limitations
- Fee-bearing capital Year-end capital that earns fees, on the reported asset-management platform scope. Bars are rounded to US$bn; the table preserves the reported US$m precision. Changes include market values, acquisitions and mandates as well as capital flows; this is not an organic-growth series. Reported platform scope. BAM Q4 2025 Supplemental Information Page 27
- FRE per share Company-reported non-GAAP annual figures, not GAAP EPS. 2021–22 use published full-period asset-management-business comparisons before the December 2022 listing. Per-share presentation changes from period-end diluted shares in the 2023 supplement to weighted-average diluted shares in the 2025 supplement. The 2025 ownership restructuring is not treated as organic earnings growth. Company-reported per-share basis; weighted-average diluted shares. BAM Q4 2025 Supplemental Information Page 4
- Distributable earnings per share Company-reported non-GAAP annual figures, not GAAP EPS. 2021–22 use published full-period asset-management-business comparisons before the December 2022 listing. Per-share presentation changes from period-end diluted shares in the 2023 supplement to weighted-average diluted shares in the 2025 supplement. The 2025 ownership restructuring is not treated as organic earnings growth. Company-reported per-share basis; weighted-average diluted shares. BAM Q4 2025 Supplemental Information Page 4
- Fundraising · capital raised Full-year reported capital raised, not quarterly fundraising or net fee-bearing inflows. 2024 includes a US$49bn American Equity Life insurance mandate, so the movement into 2025 is not a like-for-like organic comparison. Earlier figures are rounded and come from the predecessor platform. Full-year total fundraising. BAM Q4 2025 Supplemental Information Page 7
Figures use the same dataset as the interactive history, displayed in the stated units with up to six decimal places. Reporting periods are not editorial review dates. Missing values are not zero. Date definitions · Published corrections
Business overview
Brookfield Asset Management manages capital for investors across infrastructure, renewable power, real estate, private equity and credit. It earns management fees and, where its agreements provide for them, performance-related income from the funds and other vehicles it manages. Its business is organising and managing investments, while the underlying assets and operating businesses belong to those investment vehicles.
The reported snapshot
30 Jun 2026 / trailing yearFee-bearing capital
US$672bn
+19% year over year · period-end
Earnings per diluted share
US$1.97 FRE
Last twelve months
US$1.75 DE
Last twelve months
58% FRE margin
At BAM’s economic share
Non-GAAP company-defined measures. FRE, DE and GAAP EPS are different. BAM Q2 2026 supplement ↗
Which Brookfield?This page covers BAM, the asset manager. BN owns operating and investment interests and insurance exposure. A portfolio holding labelled Brookfield Corporation must not be treated as BAM.
Understand the three layers.
Updated · 19 Oct 2026Customers pay an operating business. Investors own that business through a vehicle. BAM earns fees for managing the capital. These are three different cash flows.
A railway receives transport charges; a fund or listed affiliate holds an interest in the railway; BAM receives contractual management fees. The railway’s whole revenue is not BAM’s revenue, and its whole asset value is not BAM shareholder equity.
BN · the wider group
Owns investment and operating interests, an interest in BAM and insurance exposure. An ownership return at BN differs from a management fee at BAM.
Vehicles · where capital is invested
Listed affiliates, private funds and mandates hold investments for their owners. Investors bear investment losses; BAM still faces reduced fees, reputational damage and weaker future fundraising.
Asset type and legal structure are different questions. Infrastructure describes what is owned. A listed company or a fixed-life private fund describes how ownership is organised. The same strategy can use several structures.
Open Company history below for the company’s evolution. Financial history contains the annual comparisons; Strategies & vehicles explains investment businesses, ownership structures and the dated fee mix. Existing charts and historical observations remain below.
BAM Q2 2026 supplement ↗Company history · 1899 to the modern manager
From asset owner to asset manager.
The group dates to 1899; today’s separately listed BAM dates to 2022. This is group history leading to the modern manager.
1899 · Essential-service origins
Canadian investors establish São Paulo Tramway, Light and Power in Brazil. The group’s roots are in operating electricity and transport assets, rather than charging investment-management fees.
1969–1979 · Brascan and Edper
The Brascan name combines Brasil and Canada. Edper takes control in 1979; the organisation develops into a broader investment group.
1996 · Expansion in US property
Acquisitions from distressed Olympia & York expand the property platform. A financially stressed owner can hold useful assets; financing and acquisition price still determine the result.
2001–2005 · Managing outside capital
The first private equity fund closes in 2001. Bruce Flatt becomes CEO in 2002. Brascan becomes Brookfield Asset Management in 2005. Outside capital expands investment capacity and creates fee income.
2008–2016 · Specialist listed platforms
Infrastructure launches in 2008, Renewable in 2011, Property Partners in 2013 and Business Partners in 2016. Dedicated platforms bring distinct assets, investors, financing and fee arrangements.
2019 · Oaktree adds credit capabilities
Brookfield acquires a majority interest in Oaktree. Credit analysis and distressed-investment expertise broaden the strategies available to clients.
2021 · Property Partners taken private
The ordinary-equity property platform ceases to be a listed counterpart to Infrastructure and Renewable. Property operations and private real estate funds continue.
December 2022 · BAM and BN become distinct listed companies
The old Brookfield Asset Management becomes Brookfield Corporation (BN). Newly listed BAM initially holds 25% of the underlying asset manager. Pre-2022 group accounts are not directly comparable with today’s BAM.
February 2025 · Manager ownership simplified
BAM comes to own 100% of the underlying asset-management company. BN receives BAM shares and holds approximately 73% immediately after the transaction. This changes the ownership structure, not an overnight expansion of managed assets.
March–October 2026 · Affiliate structures evolve
The Business Partners structure consolidates into BBUC in March. Renewable proposes combining BEP and BEPC; as of 19 October, remaining approvals are pending. A simpler share structure does not itself create more electricity or operating profit.
Second-order effect: operating experience can support investment sourcing and client trust. More commitments can support fees and specialist teams. Weak client outcomes can reverse that process, especially when clients receive too little cash back to recommit. This is an explanation of possible relationships, not a forecast.
Brookfield company history ↗ · Fund and ownership milestones ↗ · 2022 separation filing ↗ · 2025 ownership arrangement ↗
The flywheel and its failure points.
Research · 18 Oct 2026BAM is the asset manager. Its clients own the funds; BAM earns fees. It is distinct from Brookfield Corporation (BN).
How the manager operates
- Operating knowledge, credit analysis and relationships inform investment sourcing and risk assessment.
- Realised returns after fees describe client outcomes. Those outcomes may affect future commitments; reputation alone is not evidence of outperformance.
- Capital comes from institutions, private wealth and insurance mandates. Distributions and fund runoff offset inflows when measuring net growth.
- Deployment can activate contractual fees. Revenue, operating costs and share-count changes determine fee earnings and distributable earnings per share.
This causal framework is interpretation, not a forecast or a promise of returns.
What we track, and why
Open a metric to connect the number with the flywheel, its risks and the next question to ask. Dated observations are snapshots; monitoring fields without verified values are labelled.
2021–2025 · Annual history
Five years of operating metrics
Choose a metric to see the five latest completed financial years. The June 2026 snapshots below remain separate from this annual series.
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Exact values, reporting basis and sources
Fund performance after fees and credit quality are tracked by strategy, fund and vintage. A comparable single platform total has not been established for these monitoring fields; they are not represented as zero or combined into a bar.
Download five-year data ↓History checked · 19 Oct 2026 · Page numbers refer to printed report pages.
Commitment → deployment → fees: a commitment is a promise to supply capital; deployment puts capital into investments. Some contracts charge on commitments, others activate fees when capital is invested. Fundraising and fee activation therefore need not occur together. Compare the Fundraising and Deployment explanations side by side below; uncalled commitments are not current fee revenue.
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What could break the cycle?
Credit losses and rising yields
New lending can earn more, but borrowers pay more. Track defaults, non-accruals, PIK and interest coverage. Rising yields can also reduce existing fixed-rate bond values.
Fundraising and deployment
Weak distributions can leave clients unable to recommit. Undeployed commitments delay some fees; aggressive deployment can sacrifice quality.
Private valuations and exits
Reported fund IRRs can include unrealised marks. Slower sales delay cash returned to clients and realised carried interest.
Complexity, people and governance
Multiple managers and related-party mandates add integration and conflict risks. Marks’s judgement is one part of a team-based process, not a platform-wide guarantee.
Financing and hedges
Fixed-rate borrowing, swaps and currency hedges can protect specific cash flows. They expire and do not remove defaults, falling asset values or refinancing risk.
Share count and distributions
Diluted shares, actual dividends, DE and interest costs show how reported earnings and distributions relate to the ownership base. Client-fund AUM is distinct from BAM shareholder equity.
Growth with discipline.
Annual FRE margins at economic share, including performance fees.
| Period | FRE margin | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58% | BAM Q4 2022 supplement ↗ |
| 2022 | 58% | BAM Q4 2023 supplement ↗ |
| 2023 | 56% | BAM Q4 2023 supplement ↗ |
| 2024 | 57% | BAM Q4 2025 supplement ↗ |
| 2025 | 58% | BAM Q4 2025 supplement ↗ |
| LTM Jun 2026 | 58% | BAM Q2 2026 supplement ↗ |
2021–2022 describe the asset-management business, including before the listed spin-off. Published rounded margins and changing business mix limit comparisons. These are manager margins, not fund investment returns.
Recent operating leverage
2024 → 2025 consolidated fee revenue: US$4,706m → US$5,487m (+16.6%). Direct costs: US$2,136m → US$2,410m (+12.8%). FRE before minority interests: US$2,570m → US$3,077m (+19.7%).
Revenue grew faster than costs. This supports operating leverage, but does not establish a lower cost base than competitors.
BAM Q4 2025 supplement ↗What is invested in, and how is it held?
Five investment businesses can use several capital structures. These lists overlap: a private infrastructure fund belongs to Infrastructure and is also a fixed-life vehicle. Do not add their totals together.
Investment businesses · what earns the return
Infrastructure · BIP / BIPC
- Who pays, and for what?
- Customers pay to use utilities, transport, midstream and data networks. Some charges follow regulated returns; others follow contracts or usage.
- First principles
- Customer charges − operating and maintenance costs → cash before interest, taxes and investment.
- How BAM gets paid
- Base management fees and incentive distributions above contractual distribution thresholds.
- Second-order effects
- Inflation-linked charges can support revenue, but inflation can also raise wages, construction costs and interest. More network investment can expand earning capacity while consuming cash first.
- What to watch, and why
- Track cash generation per unit, maintenance needs, debt maturities and distributions together. Essential services do not eliminate financing risk.
Renewable · BEP / BEPC
- Who pays, and for what?
- Generation assets sell electricity; broader transition investments include development and energy services. Long-term power contracts improve price visibility.
- First principles
- Electricity generated × realised price − operating costs → cash before financing and other expenses.
- How BAM gets paid
- Base fees under a fixed-and-variable formula, plus incentive distributions above contractual thresholds.
- Second-order effects
- A new project requires cash before it earns. Bringing it online or selling a stake can release cash for more projects. Contracted prices still leave weather, output, construction and counterparty risks.
- What to watch, and why
- Track generation, contract coverage, operating cash, development spending and financing. BEP and BEPC are legal wrappers intended to offer broadly equivalent exposure. Their proposed combination remains pending as of 19 October 2026.
Operating businesses · BBUC
- Who pays, and for what?
- Business services and industrial companies sell products and services. The vehicle seeks operational improvements and recycles capital from selected sales.
- First principles
- Sales − operating costs − required reinvestment and financing costs → cash attributable to owners.
- How BAM gets paid
- Base management fees and a share-price-based incentive arrangement above a contractual threshold; this differs from BIP/BEP distribution incentives.
- Second-order effects
- Improved operations can generate cash to repay debt or reinvest. Debt reduction can increase the equity share of enterprise value, while leverage magnifies losses when operations weaken.
- What to watch, and why
- Track cash conversion, reinvestment, leverage and realised sale proceeds. BBU and its paired corporation consolidated into BBUC in March 2026; the stated emphasis is capital appreciation with a modest distribution.
Property · private platform and funds
- Who pays, and for what?
- Tenants pay rent. Leasing, improvements, development and property sales affect the return. Property Partners was taken private in 2021.
- First principles
- Rent − property operating costs = net operating income; interest, leasing costs and capital expenditure reduce equity cash.
- How BAM gets paid
- Management fees under the property platform and fund agreements; performance arrangements depend on the vehicle.
- Second-order effects
- Vacancies reduce rent and can require refurbishment or tenant incentives. Higher financing costs can squeeze cash and reduce transaction values even when rent is stable.
- What to watch, and why
- Track occupancy, rent collections, net operating income, leasing expenditure and debt maturity. Appraised NAV and cash received from an external sale are different evidence.
Credit / Oaktree funds and mandates
- Who pays, and for what?
- Borrowers pay interest and repay principal. Distressed strategies can buy debt at a discount and seek recoveries through restructuring.
- First principles
- Interest + lending fees + recoveries − principal losses − expenses → investor result.
- How BAM gets paid
- Management and applicable performance fees. BAM’s management fee is separate from the interest received by fund investors.
- Second-order effects
- Higher floating rates increase lender income if borrowers pay, but weaken borrower interest coverage. More payment-in-kind interest can lift reported income without delivering current cash.
- What to watch, and why
- Track non-accruals, realised losses, cash interest, PIK and borrower coverage by strategy. A high coupon alone does not establish a strong return.
Capital structures and mandates · how money is organised
BIP/BIPC, BEP/BEPC and BBUC are listed affiliates described above. Private funds and mandates below can invest alongside them; their portfolios and ownership interests differ.
Fixed-life private funds
- Who pays, and for what?
- Investors commit capital; the fund calls money for investments, receives income and returns capital as investments are sold. BIF, BGTF, BCP and BSREP are flagship series across different assets.
- First principles
- Investment income + sale proceeds − investment costs, expenses and fees → investor proceeds.
- How BAM gets paid
- Management fees on the contractual fee base; potentially carried interest, a share of investment profits subject to fund terms.
- Second-order effects
- Slow exits delay cash returned to clients. Clients with less returned cash may make smaller commitments to later funds, slowing future fee growth. New fundraising alone does not establish good investor returns.
- What to watch, and why
- Track net returns by vintage, cash distributions and remaining unrealised value. BN retains specified carry rights, so not all Brookfield carry belongs to BAM shareholders.
Perpetual / private wealth funds
- Who pays, and for what?
- Funds hold portfolios without a preset liquidation date. Some accept new subscriptions and provide limited redemption opportunities.
- First principles
- Asset income and changes in portfolio value, after costs and fees, accrue to investors.
- How BAM gets paid
- Recurring fees under each agreement, with performance fees where applicable.
- Second-order effects
- Longer-lived capital can support a durable fee base. Withdrawal requests can require liquidity reserves or asset sales; stated redemption limits affect when investors receive cash.
- What to watch, and why
- Track subscriptions, redemptions, liquidity and fee-bearing NAV separately. Perpetual does not mean withdrawals are impossible or investment values are fixed.
Insurance-related mandates · BWS relationship
- Who pays, and for what?
- The wider group’s insurance business invests against policyholder obligations. It must meet those promises and regulatory capital requirements.
- First principles
- Investment yield − liability funding cost − losses and expenses → insurer spread earnings.
- How BAM gets paid
- BAM earns agreed management fees on eligible assets it manages. The insurer’s spread earnings are a separate group earnings stream.
- Second-order effects
- Long-duration liabilities may support longer-duration assets. Poor asset/liability matching or credit losses can create capital needs; related-party allocations require attention to conflicts and pricing.
- What to watch, and why
- Track the managed mandate and its fee contribution for BAM. Insurance assets are not all BAM fee-bearing capital, and the policyholder obligations remain.
From fees to earnings · Q2 2026
US$ millions · three months ended 30 June. Reported figures and historical arithmetic.
| Step | US$m | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated fee revenue | 1,494 | Before the costs of earning fees |
| Less direct costs | −664 | Staff and other direct operating expenses |
| FRE before minority interests | 830 | 1,494 − 664 |
| Less FRE belonging to others | −22 | Minority economic interests |
| Attributable FRE | 808 | Recurring fee earnings attributable to BAM |
| Investment and other income, net of interest | −27 | Company reconciliation adjustment |
| Add back equity-based compensation | 23 | Non-cash adjustment; compensation still affects owners |
| Less cash taxes | −97 | Tax adjustment |
| Distributable earnings | 707 | 808 − 27 + 23 − 97 |
Why it matters: revenue growth alone does not establish earnings growth. Costs, interests belonging to others, financing and taxes determine what remains. FRE and DE are company-defined measures, not GAAP net income or a promise of cash distributions.
Which baskets generate the fees?
Download reported mix and calculation inputs ↓
Q2 2026 · three months ended 30 June · US$ millions. These are investment-business baskets, not individual listed vehicles. Each combines associated funds, affiliates and mandates. Amounts are reported; percentages are calculated from the displayed totals.
| Basket | Fee revenue | Revenue share | Segment earnings | Segment earnings share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit | 509 | 34.1% | 208 | 32.5% |
| Infrastructure | 357 | 23.9% | 157 | 24.5% |
| Real estate | 259 | 17.3% | 125 | 19.5% |
| Energy | 224 | 15.0% | 109 | 17.0% |
| Private equity | 145 | 9.7% | 41 | 6.4% |
| Total | 1,494 | 100% | 640 | ≈100% |
These percentages are not FRE shares. Q2 total FRE before minority interests was US$830m; US$22m was not attributable to BAM, leaving US$808m attributable FRE. Segment earnings use a different basis, including excluding BIP/BEP incentive distributions and including Oaktree on a 100% basis. No direct five-basket allocation of the US$808m is established here.
Credit and infrastructure together represented 58.0% of fee revenue and 57.0% of segment earnings. This describes concentration in the reported quarter; it does not predict the next period. One quarter can contain catch-up or other irregular fees. Rounded earnings shares sum to 99.9%.
Fee revenue and revenue share
- First principles
- Fees generated by each strategy, divided by the US$1,494m consolidated fee-revenue total.
- Why track it?
- Shows the source and concentration of the manager’s revenue. It is not the same as AUM share.
- Second-order effects
- A shift in the mix changes exposure to borrower conditions, fundraising cycles and fee rates.
- Read alongside
- Direct costs, minority interests, catch-up fees and like-for-like periods. Revenue is before the costs of earning it.
Segment earnings and earnings share
- First principles
- Reported segment revenue less segment expenses; basket earnings divided by US$640m total segment earnings.
- Why track it?
- Shows where operating earnings arise after segment expenses on this reporting basis.
- Second-order effects
- Revenue can grow without matching earnings growth if staffing, distribution or integration costs rise.
- Read alongside
- This measure is not attributable FRE, cash flow or fund investment return. The two percentage columns have different denominators.
Attributable FRE and FRE margin
- First principles
- BAM-defined fee revenue less relevant direct costs, adjusted for interests belonging to others. Q2 attributable FRE was US$808m; its economic-share margin was 57%.
- Why track it?
- Checks how much of the fee business’s revenue remains after direct costs for BAM’s owners.
- Second-order effects
- Revenue rising faster than costs can expand earnings; new teams may add costs before their strategies earn substantial fees.
- Read alongside
- The 57% margin uses economic-share revenue of US$1,409m, not consolidated revenue of US$1,494m. FRE excludes items needed to reach distributable earnings and GAAP profit.
Q2 2026 supplement · pp. 4–5 and 26–27 ↗ · Q2 2026 10-Q · pp. 43–44, segment earnings ↗
The engines inside.
Fee-bearing capital at 30 June 2026. Capital share is not profit share.
| Strategy | Fee-bearing capital | Economic driver / main risk |
|---|---|---|
| Credit | US$326bn | Interest and repayments / borrower defaults |
| Infrastructure | US$114bn | Essential-service cash flows / regulation and financing |
| Real estate | US$104bn | Rent and asset improvement / vacancies and refinancing |
| Energy | US$74bn | Power and development / construction and contracts |
| Private equity | US$54bn | Operating improvement and sales / leverage and exit prices |
Does investment skill show up?
Five of eight selected Oaktree liquid strategies beat their disclosed benchmarks after fees since inception through December 2025; two matched at published precision and one lagged. This is 62.5% by strategy count, not all Brookfield funds or an asset-weighted success rate.
Brookfield’s private-fund table reports net IRRs but does not supply matching lifetime benchmark returns. Positive absolute returns alone do not establish excess returns. Examine vintage, leverage, cash distributions and remaining valuations.
Oaktree 2025 filing ↗ · BAM Q2 2026 supplement ↗Rates: two sides of the same payment
A higher coupon helps a new lender if the borrower pays. The same payment reduces the borrower’s equity cash flow. Fixed-rate debt can cushion operating assets while older fixed-rate bonds fall in price. Judge hedging at each fund, not with one platform percentage.
Infrastructure reported approximately 90% fixed-rate term debt outside Brazil at end-2021. That is an affiliate-specific financing example, not the hedge ratio of Brookfield’s bond portfolios.
Infrastructure: 2021 financing protection ↗Check the evidence.
Reported observations are dated. Flywheel and risk links are analytical interpretation.
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