Articles for tag: Brookfield Asset Management

October 15, 2025

Signal Editorial

Brookfield Expands Credit, Commits $5 Billion to AI

Brookfield Asset Management moved on two fronts on October 13, 2025, announcing a plan to acquire the remaining 26 percent of Oaktree and, separately, a 5 billion strategic partnership with Bloom Energy to power AI data centres with onsite fuel cells, both framed as accretive to fee earnings and platform scale. In the AI initiative, Bloom becomes the preferred onsite power provider for Brookfield’s planned AI factories, with a first European site expected to be named this year, and Brookfield characterizes this as the first investment from its dedicated AI infrastructure strategy. The Oaktree agreement totals about 3 billion, split

July 27, 2025

Signal Editorial

Birch Hill and Brookfield Lock Down Mega Acquisition of First National Financial

Birch Hill Equity Partners and Brookfield Asset Management have agreed to acquire First National Financial in a deal valued at approximately $2.9 billion. The agreement will see all outstanding common shares purchased for $48.00 in cash, while founders Stephen Smith and Moray Tawse retain minority ownership stakes. This move positions two of Canada’s most prominent private equity players at the centre of the country’s largest non-bank mortgage lender. The transaction includes taking First National’s common shares off the TSX, while its preferred shares remain listed. Leadership continuity is expected, with CEO Jason Ellis and the existing management team staying in place