As one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, Brookfield has built a highly diversified global portfolio across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power, private equity and credit. While Brookfield is best known for its infrastructure investing expertise, it has significantly expanded into other alternative asset classes. With over $750 billion assets under management, Brookfield deploys capital across public and private investment vehicles on behalf of institutional and retail investors. This article analyzes Brookfield’s investment philosophies across different asset categories.
Real estate investment through opportunistic funds and perpetual strategies
Brookfield has $200 billion invested across real estate assets globally. It takes both an opportunistic and perpetual approach by targeting high-yielding property types while also developing build-to-core strategies focused on quality assets with stable income. Opportunistic funds aim for returns of 15-20% by investing in distressed or undervalued assets, while perpetual strategies target 8-12% returns from premium property.
Expanding renewable power platforms across geographies
With over 21,000 megawatts of renewable power capacity, Brookfield aims to be one of the largest pure-play renewable platforms. It has invested over $70 billion in renewable investments across hydro, wind, utility scale solar, distributed generation, and storage solutions globally. Key geographies include North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Private equity investments in data infrastructure and industrial technology
Leveraging its operational expertise, Brookfield has private equity investments across data infrastructure, business services and industrial technology sectors. It targets mature companies that need operational improvements, technology enhancements, or new management teams to drive the next phase of growth.
Credit investment in specialized finance and opportunistic lending
With over $60 billion credit assets, Brookfield focuses on specialized lending like healthcare royalties, litigation finance, aircraft leasing and opportunistic lending across corporate and real estate. It leverages institutional investor partnerships to provide flexible financing solutions to borrowers.
In summary, while Brookfield has its roots in infrastructure investing, it has significantly diversified across real estate, renewable power, private equity and private debt over the past decade. With its global reach and operational expertise, Brookfield is delivering strong risk-adjusted returns across market cycles.