After rallying off their midyear lows early in the third quarter, the shares of the alternative asset managers ended the period down 1% on average as the prospect of rising short-term rates raised concerns about deployments and monetizations in the near to medium term.
Brookfield, with USD 672.2 billion in fee-earning AUM as of June 2026, is a go-to firm for institutional and high-net-worth investors seeking exposure to alternative assets.
Bears
Private equity and real estate/real assets are both highly cyclical and heavily reliant on efficient deployments and exits for performance and incentive income.
Brookfield Asset Management is one of the world's largest alternative-asset managers, with USD 1.268 trillion in total managed assets, including USD 672.2 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of June 2026. The company has three main business segments: real estate/real assets (with USD 686.0 billion in total AUM and USD 292.7 billion in fee-earning AUM), private equity (USD 166.0 billion/USD 53.6 billion), and alternative credit (USD 416.0 billion/USD 325.9 billion). The firm primarily serves institutional investors (90% of AUM) and high-net-worth individuals (10%), and is diversified globally, with 67% of revenue from the Americas, 20% from EMEA, and 13% from Asia-Pacific. Canada-based Brookfield Corporation owns 73% of Brookfield's outstanding Class A shares.