Brookfield Asset Management
Australia's Healthscope agrees $3.17b Brookfield bid
Australia-listed hospital operator Healthscope has agreed to a take-private offer by Brookfield Asset Management that values the company at A$4.38 billion ($3.17 billion) on an equity basis, rejecting a competing offer from a consortium led by BGH Capital.
Brookfield nears $3.16b bid for Australia's Healthscope
Brookfield Asset Management expects to proceed with a A$4.49 billion ($3.16 billion) take-private offer for Australia-listed hospital operator Healthscope, although BGH Capital – which began its pursuit of the company eight months ago – has indicated...
Brookfield, Macquarie to exit Australia's Quadrant Energy for $2.2b
Australian oil and gas supplier Quadrant Energy has agreed to a $2.15 billion buyout offer from domestic peer Santos that will provide a full exit for its private equity backers, including Brookfield Asset Management and Macquarie Capital.
Australia's Healthscope rejects PE takeover bids
Australian hospital operator Healthscope has rejected buyout offers from Brookfield Asset Management and a consortium led by BGH Capital that valued the company at A$4.4 billion ($3.3 billion) and A$4.1 billion, respectively.
Brookfield enters the fray for Australia’s Healthscope
Brookfield Asset Management has submitted a A$4.35 billion ($3.3 billion) bid for Australian hospital operator Healthscope, trumping an offer made last month by a BGH Capital-led consortium.
Brookfield, GLP launch China rooftop solar venture
Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore-based warehouse operator GLP have formed a joint venture aimed at enabling construction of rooftop solar projects in China.
Brookfield to buy Westinghouse from Toshiba
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to buy the Westinghouse nuclear power unit from Japan’s Toshiba Corporation in a deal worth approximately $4.6 billion.
Brookfield to acquire SunEdison's yieldco platforms
Canada's Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to buy two energy platforms operated by US-based renewable energy producer SunEdison, including one with over half its total capacity in Asia.
Brookfield to pay $1.6b in Indian cell tower deal
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to buy the telecom towers assets of Reliance Communications for INR110 billion ($1.6 billion).
Brookfield, State Bank of India plan $1b distress fund
Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management has signed a preliminary agreement with the State Bank of India (SBI) to invest about INR70 billion ($1 billion) in stressed assets in India.
Brookfield closes $4b global fund
Brookfield Asset Management has reached a final close of $4 billion on its fourth global private equity fund.
Australia's Asciano accepts Qube-Brookfield joint $6.8b bid
Australian rail freight and cargo port operator Asciano has accepted a joint takeover offer from consortiums led by Qube Holdings and Brookfield Asset Management worth A$9 billion ($6.8 billion).
Brookfield, Qube consider joint Asciano bid
A Brookfield Asset Management-led consortium and a group led by Qube Holdings that includes Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and China Investment Corporation (CIC) are considering a joint A$9 billion ($6.5 billion) bid for Australian rail...
Australia's Asciano accepts $6.3b Qube-led takeover bid
The board of Australian rail freight and cargo port operator Asciano has accepted an A$8.8 billion ($6.3 billion) takeover bid by a Qube Holdings-led consortium that includes Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and China Investment Corporation...
Australian regulator flags concerns about Brookfield's Asciano deal
Australia’s competition regulator has raised concerns about Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management’s A$8.9 billion ($6.5 billion) cash-and-stock acquisition of listed rail freight and cargo port operator Asciano.
Brookfield, Kotak acquire Indian road, power projects
Brookfield Asset Management and Kotak Mahindra’s Core Infrastructure India Fund will buy six road and three power projects from Gammon Infrastructure Projects.
PE agrees $2.1b Australia energy carve-out
In the past 18 months, Apache has sold off more than $11 billion worth of assets, ranging from oil and gas interests in the Gulf of Mexico, Egypt and Argentina to liquefied natural gas projects in Canada and Australia. To this can be added the company’s...
Macquarie, Brookfield to buy Apache’s Australia energy unit
US-based oil and gas exploration and production company Apache has agreed to sell its Australia business to Macquarie Capital and Brookfield Asset Management for $2.1 billion in cash.
Real assets not overpriced, if you know where to look - AVCJ Forum
There is no shortage of high-quality real assets available to private markets investors despite rising prices in certain areas, industry participants told the AVCJ Real Assets Forum. The onus is on investors to look beyond the obvious.
AIG to sell India real estate business to Brookfield - report
AIG Global Real Estate has reportedly agreed to sell its India asset management business to Canada's Brookfield Asset Management. The financial terms of the transaction, which is likely to be completed by the end of this month, are not known.
Korean group among bidders for Brookfield hotel asset - report
A South Korean group is said to considering a A$400 million ($411 million) bid for the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney as Canada's Brookfield Asset Management prepares to offload its Australian hotel portfolio.
Kotak Mahindra reaches $90m first close on India infra fund
Kotak Mahindra has reached a first close on its infrastructure fund with commitments of $90 million. Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Brookfield Asset Management have come in as cornerstone investors.
Brookfield among suitors for CapitaLand's Australand - report
Canadian private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management is said to be among several investors targeting real estate developer Australand Property Group.
Brookfield hires Niel Thassim as Head of Asia
Brookfield Asset Management has hired Niel Thassim as head of Asia with its Hong Kong-based private funds group.