BROOKFIELD Corp /ON/ — Call Transcript 2025

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Brookfield Asset Management second quarter 2025 conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Jason Fooks, Managing Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you for joining us today for Brookfield Asset Management's earnings call for the second quarter of 2025. On the call today, we have Bruce Flatt, our Chief Executive Officer, Connor Teskey, our President, and Hadley Peer Marshall, our Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that in today's comments, including in responding to questions and in discussing new initiatives and our financial and operating performance, we make forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. Securities law. These statements reflect predictions of future events and trends and do not relate to historic events. They're subject to known and unknown risks, and future events and results may differ materially from such statements. For further information on these risks and their potential impacts on our company, please see our filings with the securities regulators in Canada and the U.S. and the information available on our website. Let me quickly run through the agenda for today's call. Bruce will begin with an overview of the quarter, highlighting the strength of our platform, and discuss how we're positioned for long-term growth, particularly around our thematic investment strategies. Connor will discuss our accelerating pace of investment activity and monetizations, both at multi-year highs, and the growing opportunity to reach individual investors through retirement and wealth channels. Finally, Hadley will walk through our financial results, balance sheet, and some of our recent strategic initiatives. After our formal remarks, we'll open the line for questions. Before I hand things over, I'd like to take a moment to welcome the new analysts who have initiated coverage on Brookfield over the past few months. We're glad to have you with us. To ensure we can hear from as many participants as possible, we're asking everyone to please limit themselves to one question. If you have additional questions, please rejoin the queue, and we'll be happy to take more questions if time permits. With that, I'll turn the call over to Bruce. Thank you, Jason, and everyone joining us on this call. We delivered strong results this quarter, with fee-related earnings up 16% to $676 million. Distributable earnings were up 12% to $613 million. We raised $22 billion of capital in the quarter, and over the past 12 months, $97 billion, helping drive fee-bearing capital to $563 billion, which was 10% up year-over-year. The broader market environment is very constructive. M&A is gaining traction, and there is significant liquidity with well-functioning capital markets, a much different environment than we saw even a few months ago when investors were waiting for signs of stability. This shift plays directly to our strengths. We have always focused on long-term, mission-critical investments related to the backbone of the global economy, and that continues to be our strategy. The businesses we own, critical infrastructure, renewable power, industrial and logistics assets, high-quality real estate, and essential service businesses, provide stable, inflation-linked cash flows, which are sought after in a market where resiliency is valued. This opportunity set is large and compelling and is driven by three powerful themes, which we have discussed for years with you: Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Deglobalization. These three Ds are more relevant today than ever before. They have expanded and are converging in ways that are accelerating demand for capital at a global scale. First, Deglobalization has evolved from a discussion around supply chain resiliency into a broader reordering of global trade. We are seeing increased reshoring and nearshoring across manufacturing and significant investment in alternative and duplicate supply chains. That is driving a surge in demand for logistics hubs, advanced manufacturing facilities, and modern industrial infrastructure. Decarbonization, originally centered on net-zero commitments, now also reflects growing concern around energy security and more and increasingly grid stability. The focus on new energy sources is no longer a long-term policy goal, it is a near-term economic imperative. The lowest cost, fastest to market, scalable solution remains renewable power. Most importantly, increased solar penetration is driving soaring demand for the grid-stabilizing benefits of hydro, nuclear, and storage. Lastly, Digitalization, which initially focused on cloud infrastructure, telecom towers, and fiber, has entered a new phase. Artificial intelligence is transforming how data is created, processed, and consumed. That transformation is driving exponential demand for computing power, data center capacity, and sovereign-scale AI campuses. In fact, we believe the infrastructure buildouts for AI will be one of the largest capital formation cycles of this generation. Connor will speak more about our positioning in AI, but the bottom line is this: we have scale, experience, and integrated approach that few can match, and we are viewed as a partner of choice. We are developing next-generation AI infrastructure around the world. With having already built 2,000 MW of data center capacity and being one of the largest renewable providers in the world, we can deliver on large, complex transactions integrated with energy, land entitlement, and development under one roof. That is exactly what the largest hyperscalers and governments are looking for in a partner. The convergence of these megatrends has created a powerful investment landscape. We are uniquely positioned to lead. We are investing at scale in these high-growth sectors supported by multi-decade structural tailwinds. This year to date, we invested $85 billion. We also harvested investments that have benefited from our operating value approach and sold over $55 billion of assets at very good returns. This represents our highest level of activity in years. Connor will discuss monetization more broadly in a little more depth, but these realizations demonstrate the quality of our portfolio and the value creation delivered by our operating teams. The current environment, marked by secular tailwinds, improving sentiment, and a premium uncertainty, is suited to our strategy. Our focus remains the same: invest with discipline for value, protect downside, return client capital to clients at excellent returns. By doing so, we will continue to be rewarded with growing fee-bearing capital and the ability to deliver on long-term value to our shareholders. I'll now turn the call over to Connor to walk through how we are deploying capital, building strategic partnerships, and monetizing assets across our global platform. Thank you, Bruce, and good morning, everyone. As Bruce highlighted, the market environment is more constructive today, and the structural drivers behind our business have been accelerating. With these themes converging to create an unprecedented demand for assets that make up the backbone of the global economy, Brookfield is uniquely positioned to meet that need. This is evident across our platform, where we are deploying capital into long-term trends at greater rates and forming strategic partnerships that reinforce our leadership position. Let's start with partnerships. We recently entered into several large-scale agreements that reflect the depth of our platform and the confidence that the world's largest governments, corporates, and institutions place in Brookfield. The first is a $10 billion public-private investment program to support the Swedish government in building out next-generation digital infrastructure to power the growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing within the country. This framework allows us to integrate our renewable infrastructure and real estate capabilities to deliver a full-suite solution at scale. The second is a renewable energy framework agreement with Google. Under this agreement, we will deliver up to 3,000 MW of hydroelectric capacity across the U.S., starting with initial contracts valued at more than $3 billion. These facilities provide stable, clean, baseload power, a critical input for artificial intelligence and data operation. These transactions build on other strategic partnerships we've already formed with Microsoft, Barclays, and the French government to deliver high-value infrastructure. This is part of a broader shift. Sophisticated counterparties are increasingly turning to us for our ability to not only bring capital at scale but to bring integrated solutions and, most importantly, the experience and capabilities to execute with certainty. Turning now to investment activity, we are seeing transaction volumes increase, particularly around the same secular themes. Nowhere is the impact of the three Ds more visible than in our infrastructure business. This year, we have committed to a number of major infrastructure transactions totaling over $30 billion in enterprise value. These include Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined product pipeline in the United States, Wells Fargo Rail, the second-largest railcar leasing platform in North America, Hotwire Communications, a leading U.S. fiber-to-the-home provider, and even yesterday, Duke Energy Florida, a vertically integrated electric utility serving 2 million customers with 53,000 mi of transmission and distribution lines and over 13 GW of installed generation capacity. Each of these assets is mission-critical, defensively positioned, and underpinned by long-duration cash flows. This pace of activity is only possible because of our global footprint and readiness to deploy at scale. We can move decisively, underwrite large and complex assets given our experience, and we will use our operating capabilities to drive value in these businesses under our ownership. Based on our advanced pipeline, this recent pace of activity is not expected to slow down. At the same time, we are seeing robust demand for high-quality assets and businesses we invest in, as evidenced by a significant increase in monetization activity so far this year. Year to date, we've announced asset sales valued at over $55 billion, generating $33 billion of equity proceeds. These exits have achieved strong returns and reflect the operating value we've created over time. We are seeing this across our franchise. In real estate, we've announced $15 billion of sales across senior housing, net lease, student housing, and hospitality. We also completed the IPO of Leela Palaces in India at a record value for the sector. In infrastructure, we've announced the sale of nearly $13 billion of assets, including partial interest in Patrick Terminals, our final stake in NGPL, and stabilized data centers developed through our Data4 platform. We've also been active in renewable power, exiting wind and hydro assets, and in private equity, where we've returned more than $10 billion to clients over the past two years. While we're harvesting value today, we're equally focused on tomorrow's opportunities, none more important than AI infrastructure. Artificial intelligence is driving exponential demand for compute and requires an unprecedented buildout in infrastructure. Data centers, power, fiber, liquid cooling, and semiconductor capacity are all essential and require trillions in capital investment. This is the next frontier for infrastructure investing, and Brookfield is well-positioned to lead. We already have strong capabilities in power and data center development globally, and we are scaling these platforms aggressively. The infrastructure outside the box—land, power, and buildings, essentially the racks and shelves—is only part of the story. The infrastructure in the box, the compute, chips, and cooling systems, have largely been funded by corporate balance sheets. We believe that will change. We see an emerging opportunity for long-term private capital to help fund this next wave of artificial intelligence buildout. We're already seeing demand for GPU infrastructure as a service, long-term compute capacity delivered off balance sheet and funded by third-party private capital. We also see opportunities across the broader artificial intelligence supply chain, from liquid cooling and power distribution to fiber networks and chip fabrication capacity. Combined with the need for developers that can deliver turnkey artificial intelligence campuses, as we are doing in Sweden and France, we believe this may ultimately support a dedicated strategy of its own. Our integrated platform, spanning equity and credit, allows us to deliver these solutions with speed, structure, and scale. Our relationships with governments, hyperscalers, and industrial leaders are generating proprietary deal flow across the new artificial intelligence ecosystem. Alongside this transformation in infrastructure, we're also seeing a transformation in our client base. For decades, alternatives have been driven by institutional capital, particularly defined benefit pensions and sovereign wealth funds. That remains our core base, and it continues to grow rapidly. A new major growth engine is now emerging: the rise of individual access to alternative investments. Defined contribution plans, insurance-based savings, and private wealth are quickly becoming the next frontier. In the U.S. alone, 401(k) plans and retail annuities now represent over $10 trillion in assets, on par with institutional pools. Private wealth clients represent another $10 trillion opportunity. A recent executive order from the U.S. administration could accelerate this shift by laying the groundwork for greater access to private strategies through workplace retirement plans. Even a modest reallocation could result in hundreds of billions to trillions of net new flows into alternatives over time. We are well prepared for this evolution. In this evolving landscape, distribution will matter, but it is the quality and durability of the products that will ultimately determine success. Our business is centered around real assets and essential business services that offer income, capital stability, and inflation protection that long-term retirement and wealth portfolios require. We've made significant investments across our platform to meet the needs of retail investors through the buildout of our private wealth and retirement platform, Brookfield Wealth, which is on track to raise over $30 billion of capital this year from private wealth and insurance annuity channels. This year, we're launching two new offerings focused on private equity and asset-backed finance, and at the same time, we are expanding our dedicated teams for both private wealth and defined contribution channels. At the same time, we manage approximately $100 billion and growing portfolio of annuities on behalf of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, which is designed to generate stable, attractive returns for retirement accounts. That platform continues to expand globally. Last week, Brookfield entered into an agreement to acquire Just Group, a leading provider of retirement services in the U.K. individual retirement market. While Brookfield Asset Management is not contributing capital to the transaction or taking on insurance liabilities, upon closing, we could become the investment manager for a significant portion of Just Group's $36 billion portfolio on terms consistent with our existing arrangement with Brookfield's insurance group, Brookfield Wealth Solutions. This will immediately add stable, incremental fee-related revenue for our business, with significant upside as Just Group's origination capabilities support further growth in retirement savings. This transaction demonstrates the significant opportunity for us to service BWS' growing global platform, a feature that remains underappreciated upside for our business. While such transactions are discreet in nature, they continue to be a meaningful and highly accretive source of growth for us as part of Brookfield's ecosystem. In summary, our global scale, real asset focus, and track record of delivering income, stability, and downside protection make us well-suited to serve this new cohort of investors. As capital flows expand from institutions to individuals, we are well-positioned to lead. To close, across our business, we are seeing an acceleration of the most important drivers of our growth. Capital markets are robust, partnerships are expanding, and the pipeline of opportunities continues to grow. We are investing behind long-term themes, monetizing into strong demand, and leaning into sectors where we have a competitive edge. With a strong balance sheet, global platform, and long-term orientation, we are well-positioned in today's market and excited about what lies ahead. With that, we'll turn the call over to Hadley. Thank you, Connor. Today, I'll provide an overview of our second quarter financial results, which demonstrated the advantage of our stable and predictable business model. I'll also discuss our strong fundraising performance and our balance sheet positioning. We delivered strong financial performance in the second quarter. Fee-bearing capital increased to $563 billion, up 10% year-over-year. Over the last 12 months, fee-bearing capital inflows totaled $85 billion, of which $60 billion came from fundraising, and $25 billion came from deployment of uncalled commitments. We saw contributions from scaling our partner-manager platforms and growth of our listed affiliates' market caps. The strong growth in our capital base continues to drive the strong growth in our earnings. One of the most unique features of our model is that fee-related earnings comprise nearly all of our distributable earnings, making our earnings highly stable and predictable, which is particularly valuable in today's environment. Fee-related earnings were $676 million, or $0.42 per share, and DE was $613 million, or $0.38 per share. That translates into 16% and 12% growth from the same period last year, respectively, with earnings partially offset by higher interest expense paid on our $750 million bond deal issued in the quarter and lower interest income as we've deployed our cash to acquire partner managers, which will pay off over the long term. Overall, growth has grown by strong fundraising, $97 billion over the last 12 months, and robust deployments. Notably, year to date, we've deployed over $85 billion of capital into investments, including over $50 billion of equity value. This has been a huge catalyst for our business, and we will continue to be active on the deployment front, given our robust pipeline. The simplicity and consistency of our earnings, anchored almost entirely in reoccurring fees, gives us a strong foundation to continue to build from, especially as we grow further our capital base and launch new strategies. Lastly, on financials, our margin expanded 56%, up 1% from the prior year quarter. Let me spend a minute discussing some of our quarterly fundraising highlights. In total, we raised $22 billion of capital, bringing the 12-month fundraising total to $97 billion. Notably, almost three quarters of our fundraising for the quarter came from complementary strategies, demonstrating the growing diversity and strength of our product suite, which now provides consistent and increasing fundraising regardless of whether our flagships are in the market. Within renewable power and transition, we raised $1.5 billion, including over $800 million for the second vintage of our global transition flagship, bringing total capital raised to over $15 billion. This is already the world's largest energy transition strategy, and we will raise significantly more capital before our final close later this quarter. Infrastructure fundraising totaled $1.7 billion, including over $1 billion raised for our Super-Core Infrastructure strategy, the fund's largest quarter in over three years, and over $800 million raised for our private wealth infrastructure vehicle, which is the strongest quarter ever. In addition, we raised $1.3 billion across Private Equity Strategies and $1.8 billion across real estate strategies, including $500 million for the fifth vintage of our flagship real estate strategy. The scale and diversity of our fundraising, especially across our complementary funds, continues to show its strength. We will have strong fundraising tailwinds in the coming months, with two of our flagships currently in the market expecting final closes shortly. Turning now to private credit, where our platform continues to grow in both scale and capability, during the quarter, we raised $16 billion across our credit strategies. Our partner managers brought in over $10 billion, and we raised more than $4 billion from insurance accounts. We also raised over $800 million for the fourth vintage of our infrastructure mezzanine debt strategy, which will hold its first close shortly, bringing total capital raised to $4 billion. With more than $250 billion of fee-bearing credit capital, we manage one of the largest private credit franchises globally. Importantly, we have meaningful origination capabilities, having deployed and committed over $10 billion during the quarter and over $30 billion over the past year. Our platform is highly diversified across credit strategies, including asset-backed finance, opportunistic credit, and real asset lending. This diversity is key as it gives us the ability to remain disciplined when certain markets become commoditized or when risk-adjusted returns are less compelling, and to focus instead on areas where we see more attractive opportunities. Today, we continue to see strong demand in asset-backed finance and real asset, two areas that align closely with our strength: deploying large-scale capital with specialized underwriting capabilities or in sectors where we have deep domain expertise, like infrastructure, power, and real estate. These capabilities have also guided our partnership with managers who share our focus and can help expand our platform. In the quarter, we invested approximately $350 million towards buying and growing our partner managers, including an additional 9% stake in Primary Wave, our leading platform for music royalties, participating in the Castlelake-led acquisition of Concora, a specialty consumer credit manager and origination platform, and increasing our ownership in Oaktree. Additionally, we expect to finalize our acquisition of a 50% stake in Angel Oak, a leader in non-qualified mortgage origination, later this quarter. These are high-quality, scalable platforms that enhance our credit capabilities and position us to continue delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. As for our balance sheet, at quarter end, we had $1.5 billion in liquidity. We continue to use our asset-light balance sheet to seed new products and support strategic partnerships, including the upcoming Angel Oak closing, with the goal of generating long-term, high-quality revenue streams. We were also pleased to be added to the Russell 1000 Index in June, a first step in our broader goal of achieving broader inclusion in the U.S. equity indices. We are prioritizing this initiative, and we believe we are well-positioned to continue making progress. Lastly, we declared a quarterly dividend of $43.75 per share, payable to shareholders of record as of August 29. To close, we remain firmly on track with our long-term growth objectives. Our diversified platform, operational depth, and global reach continue to give us a competitive edge in today's environment. Our strategy is anchored in the mega trends of Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Deglobalization, and we're scaling into the areas where these trends intersect, particularly artificial intelligence infrastructure, energy transition, and critical real assets in essential businesses. We look forward to sharing more of these themes at our Investor Day on September 10th here in New York. Thank you for your continued support. Operator, we can open up to questions now. Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, please press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please stand by. We compile the Q&A roster. Our first question will come from Michael Cyprys from Morgan Stanley. Your line is open. Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking the question. This is Barron Thomas on for Mike. I wanted to ask about the fundraising backdrop, how you see that progressing into the second half of this year and into 2026, and what you see as some of the key contributors there. Also, more broadly, how is the overall environment for raising capital evolving, given industry challenges around DPI? Thanks. Good morning. Thank you for the question. We would characterize the fundraising environment as incredibly robust. To put it simply, we're raising more money in more places across more products than at any point in our history. That's both by geography and by asset class and product. As an example, year to date, we've raised twice as much capital in Europe as we did versus last year. Perhaps even more important and really characterized by this quarter is just the growth in terms of our complementary strategies. This quarter, approximately three quarters of our fundraising came from complementary strategies, showing the increasing diversity of our business and how these products are becoming a very critical and meaningful growth driver for our business. Flagships are going to continue to drive step changes in our growth and our profitability. The growing number and growing size of our complementary products are providing greater stability and ongoing growth to our business. Where we sit today, we very much expect fundraising this year to be bigger than last year. Thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Cherilyn Radbourne from TD Cowen. Your line is open. Thanks very much, and good morning. Connor, I wanted to pick up on the prospect for alternatives to gain access to the broader retirement market. I think there's been a lot of emphasis placed on distribution and shelf space thus far, but in the letter, you comment that ultimately you think the product offering will be the key determinant of success. Can you elaborate on that a bit more and comment on timing as well? Perfect. Thank you for the question. You are absolutely correct. This is a major and significant growth opportunity for our business. We feel it will grow incrementally over the next several years and decades. You're right, there are two things of note. One, success in this space is going to be driven by those with the brand, the scale, and the track record. In this regard, we feel we're second to none. Secondly, we feel the winners are going to be determined by who has the right products to meet the needs of these investors and these new pools of capital. Here, our leadership in the right asset classes, notably real assets across infrastructure, power, real estate, and asset classes that have long-duration, inflation-protected cash flows, which within the alternative space absolutely make the most sense for retirement products. At this point, our focus is utilizing our leadership in these key sectors to provide the right products across the right asset classes as this opportunity evolves. We have every intention to be a leader in the space as the opportunity grows. Thank you. Our next question will come from Alex Blostein from Goldman Sachs. Your line is open. Hey, guys. Hey, good morning. I was hoping we can spend a couple of minutes on insurance, obviously an important growth area for the firm. Two-part question there. I guess number one, we've seen generally increased competition and tighter credit spreads in the U.S. retail channel. How are you guys thinking about both growth in the U.S. retail with respect to kind of that $20 billion-ish target you've talked about in the past and the ability to ultimately pivot and rotate more assets into Brookfield strategies? I was hoping you could also hit on the Just acquisition and just kind of thinking what kind of footprint and the ambitions you might have in the U.K. market on the back of that deal. Thanks, Alex. Maybe taking that all together, in terms of the Just Group transaction, for everyone's benefit, Brookfield Wealth Solutions last week announced an agreement to acquire Just Group, a leader and provider of U.K. retirement products. If this transaction is successful in closing, we could expect to manage a significant portion of Just's $35 billion-plus portfolio under our existing IMA with BWS. This would add immediate, high-quality, stable fee-bearing capital under our platform. Perhaps most important is we feel this transaction again highlights an underappreciated benefit and an underappreciated upside for Brookfield Asset Management, which is as BWS continues to scale, we get to partner with them on that growth and scale our asset management activities to support their business. We get to do so without the need to invest capital or take on insurance liabilities. While these transactions are somewhat discrete, that is absolutely a growth platform. It grew first in the U.S. Now it's growing in the U.K. There's the potential that it will grow in other markets around the world. We certainly will look to benefit and prosper and grow alongside that business. In terms of what we're seeing in the United States and the ability for that business to grow, we very much feel it's consistent with what we've said in the past. Yes, there are other market participants in the space, but the underlying fundamentals are incredibly robust. There is more demand for these types of products today than ever before. There will be more demand next year than there is this year. By having leading platforms, we are well-positioned to capture our portion or more of that long-term growth trend. Maybe I'll just add to Connor's remarks and talk a little bit about what we're seeing in credit, specifically in deploying that capital, because obviously credit is a big area for us. We manage over $300 billion, a major player. We see significant growth, especially around our core competencies. That's around asset-backed finance, real assets, and opportunistic credit. These are areas where we've had a long history of investing, competitive advantages around the origination side, and of course, the deep expertise that we bring, plus the ability to structure complex investment opportunities with appropriate downside protection. We maintain a disciplined approach, and these areas are less commoditized and less exposed to spread compression. When you look at, as an example, the asset-backed finance market, which about 10% is made up of private credit, and that's a growing area, infrastructure is really feeling the deployment on the credit side related to the three Ds as well, the mega trends that we've been seeing. Real estate and opportunistic are also finding opportunities with bad capital structures and a growing need for tailored financing, which is a big driver. Overall, we feel very good about deploying these opportunities with very strong discipline and attractive risk-adjusted returns where we're not getting caught up in spread compression, which is valuable for all types of our investors, including the institutional and retail market. Very helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Bart Dziariski from RBC Capital Markets. Your line is open. Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking the question. I wanted to follow up on the fundraising commentary, just specifically diving into the Evergreen Private Equity Strategy. Given your position within the retail channel and the strengths you called out there, how are you thinking about, you know, if we see success on the PE Evergreen Fundraise, what that could mean for BBU in terms of maybe going into an Evergreen structure? Thanks. There is no doubt that we view the semi-liquid private evergreen PE strategy as complementary and additive to our product suite within Private Equity. We were able to leverage our existing positions in order to seed that strategy. We think that will put it in a position to launch with success and grow faster. The reality is having more products that can meet more different investment types and investor needs will allow us to do more transactions in the space. The other point that we would highlight is our approach to Private Equity, which is very much focused on high-quality industrial and services business, strong cash generation, less focused on growth or significantly leveraged Private Equity Strategies. We feel it is incredibly well-suited to the current point in the market and also incredibly well-suited for the growing number of investors that are looking to get access to Private Equity exposure, whether that be retail investors or potentially in the future, things like 401(k) accounts. Thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Kenneth Worthington from JPMorgan. Your line is open. Hi. Good morning. I wanted to follow up on Cherilyn's retirement question. You highlighted the 401(k) opportunity specifically in your shareholder letter and the prepared remarks as part of that retirement opportunity. Is the 401(k) channel something specifically that Brookfield wants to pursue? If so, what is your approach to pursuing this? There seems to be a lot of different angles that one could take, whether it's target date funds, advisor manager towns, record keepers. How are you thinking about it if, in fact, you are going to go after that channel? If so, is partnership something that you feel is important to success here? We absolutely expect to go after this opportunity. At this point, we would look to do so across all channels. Piggybacking on the previous question and our comments in the script and on the letter, we believe the most important thing for success here is having the right products. That is where we are focused. Right now, the environment and the objectives of what people are trying to meet continue to remain fluid. Our view is, given our leadership and the right types of alternatives to put into these new accounts, as well as the products that we can create, given the breadth and depth of our platform, we should be extremely well-positioned. There have been some partnerships announced in the space, and that's great. It shows a very constructive direction of travel for more alternatives going into these pools of capital. We feel that this is going to be an opportunity that is created over an extended period of time, several years and decades. None of those partnerships, to the best of our knowledge, are exclusive. We feel if we have the best products and the right leadership position, we'll be well-positioned to capture this opportunity in the years to come. OK. Great. That makes sense. Thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Crispin Love from Piper Sandler. Your line is open. Thank you. Good morning. Appreciate taking the questions. Can you share your latest thoughts in real estate? It's been a tougher area in recent years, but seems to be getting better. Curious what you're seeing with regards to investor appetite, deployment, and also realization opportunities, and what areas you're most interested in today across real estate. Chris, welcome to the call. Thanks for joining. Maybe just to start with some stats around what we're seeing in our real estate platform. When we talk about the strength we're seeing, it's backed by a bit of data. Deployment in real estate year to date is up 2x versus last year. Monetizations year to date are up 4x versus last year. Across our office portfolio in recent months, we've signed our highest leases ever, not this year, our highest leases ever in both New York and London. I think that stat would probably pertain to almost every other major market around the world. The last thing we would highlight is perhaps the most important, that the capital markets that support real estate are now increasingly liquid and very robust. We're seeing some of the financings we've done in certain asset classes come in. The numbers are quite staggering, anywhere between 300 basis points and 450 basis points versus financings that we were doing as recently as 18 to 24 months ago. In terms of the momentum of our real estate business, we are seeing an incredibly robust recovery. Maybe to put some context around that, when we talk about the monetization activity we're seeing in real estate, the way we would frame it is the ability to exit is expanding very rapidly, but it's still a very discerning market. Investors are willing to pay full value for high-quality platforms that can drive growth in years to come as this market recovers. The read-through to the broader industry is we are still in the early stages of a very robust recovery. We feel it's perfect for our business model. We can still find some very attractive opportunities to deploy capital. We feel the timing of our most recent flagship fundraise, which is just wrapping up now, is perfect. We can use our capabilities to buy and step into the tail of opportunities that still exist, while at the same time monetize more pristine cash-flowing assets into an increasingly robust and high-demand market. The recovery is absolutely underway and very robust. We think it's got a long way to run, and we expect to continue to see strength out of our platform. Great. Thank you. I appreciate all that color. Thank you. Our next question will come from Brian Bedell from Deutsche Bank. Your line is now open. Great. Thanks for taking my question. Maybe one for Hadley. Just switch gears a little bit to the expense outlook. Good to see the expense control and margin improving. If you can comment on whether you think this, I think we're about at a 10% year-over-year expense growth pace, if you also see that continuing in the back half of the year, and then how you see the FRE margin expanding into next year, whether we can get to a 60% level at some point. I know that that might be a little bit futuristic. Also on the acquiring the additional stakes in the partnerships, I think that was about a $250 million FRE upside potential that you outlined in the Investor Day last year. Where are we on that path? I think Angel Oak is incremental to that $250, if you can confirm that. These are good questions. On the margin front and on our cost, yeah, that 10% does include a little bit of build. As you know, we've been in building mode around different areas, accessing the retail channel as an example on the fundraising front, our credit platform as we grow our renewable strategy. You're seeing that operating leverage that's built into the business pay off on the margin front. We are up 1%, and that does make a difference. The margins are also impacted by the mix of our businesses. As an example, when we acquire more of our partner managers at very attractive levels, when we do acquire them, they generally come at low margins. We're also in a cycle where our opportunistic business is returning on a relative basis a significant amount of capital while they build into their deployment. Getting to your question around the rest of the year and just kind of overall long term, we see expenses around that 10% level as we continue to do a little bit of the building, but a steady state kind of as we move forward and meeting our long-term goals from that perspective. That's critical for the business as we look out over the five years. On your second question related to the $250 million attached to the FRE that we have options against with our partner managers, you're right, Angel Oak did not exist at that time, so that was not included in that. We're just really in the early part of that because we bought a small portion of Oaktree, 1.5%. We bought a little bit more Primary Wave that takes us to about 44%. There's a lot more attached to that that can generate additional FRE growth, again, at very attractive multiples. Great, thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Dan Fannon from Jefferies. Your line is open. Good morning. This is Rick Roy on for Dan Fannon. If I could start with maybe a housekeeping item in fundraising first and then ask a follow-up for the Wealth Channel. You know that you expect to launch your flagship PE and infrastructure fundraisers shortly after the AI infrastructure rollout. I believe last quarter you mentioned that the upcoming PE flagship was still on track for 2025. Given kind of the new developments and new strategies that have been announced, do you think about a slight push-out of this BCP flagship into 2026, or are you still, I guess, accounting for a second-half story there? On both of our next iterations of our flagship PE and infra, PE we absolutely expect to launch this year, infra either late this year or early part of next year with large, meaningful first closes in 2026. Understood. More on the Wealth Channel, lots have been talked about by my peers. Given the recent succeeding of the PE vehicle, are you able to size your expectations for demand for that and the asset-backed finance products relative to the $30 billion raised from BWS this year? Maybe expanding upon the expense, the margin discussion from earlier and your previous comments on investing in defined contribution, where are you in your investment cycle for the Wealth Channel? Thinking about 2023 as an era of spend and depressed margins in that context, how should we think about where you are in that cycle and how that might impact margins a little bit more near term? Thank you. I'll perhaps try and wrap all of that into three points. We have now launched our semi-liquid PE strategy. It's now in the market. We expect to have our first closes in the latter part of this year. In terms of total capital raised, if we break the $30 billion out and we focus just on what we generate through retail or Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions, we very much expect to hit our target of $10 billion for the year. We're seeing incredible strength in that channel. The last point to tie it all together, when Hadley talks about expense and investing for the future, unequivocally, the place where we are putting the most investment through expense is to target this retail and individual investor channel over the long term. Thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Mario Saric from Scotiabank. Your line is open. Hi. Good morning, and thank you for taking the question. I did want to come back to the individual allocation seeing the democratization of alternatives, as you put it. How do you see the ramp-ups in that demand relative to the ramp-up that you saw with respect to institutional allocations rising to alts over the past 5, 10, 15 years in terms of timing? The second part of the question would be, how much of this opportunity would you say is already embedded in your five-year Investor Day forecast as it pertains to the 16%-17% fee-bearing capital and fee-related earnings bars that you laid out last attempt? Thanks, Mario. The opportunity for increased allocation to alternatives from what we will call individual investors, again, we will reiterate, we view it as incredibly significant, perhaps matching and exceeding in size over the long term what is available from institutional investors. It will take time. This will grow incrementally over years and decades to come. The actual process of including these still needs to, the regulation needs to be adjusted. The products need to be formed. It is a very large opportunity, but it is an incremental one in the early years that expands into a very significant one in later years. The other point in context of your question is it's important to recognize that institutional allocations to alternatives are still going up. We do not see that slowing down anytime soon at any point in kind of our short or medium-term plans. In terms of comparing the individual to the institutional, it's tough to do those at this point, but only to say we see the retail growing incrementally at first and then scaling very rapidly in the future. On the institutional side, we still see increasing demand there. OK, thank you. Thank you. Our next question will come from Jaeme Gloyn from NBF. Your line is open. Yeah, thanks. Good morning. Just wanted to get a sense with the Just acquisition and more broadly, what are the requirements and then timelines to be able to shift some of these lower fee rate assets that are managed currently in-house by Just or others into the BAM private funds to enhance yields above the standard IMA fee rates? Thanks, Jaeme, and to you as well. Welcome to the call. Whenever BWS does a transaction such as Just Group, obviously the transaction needs to be closed. It needs regulatory approval, and such shifts need to be agreed and approved by a regulator. That is no different in the situation of Just as any of the other similar transactions we've done in the past. We would expect that process to take place at some point in 2026. In terms of the opportunity to then increase allocation to private funds, if that is indeed approved by the regulator, as we are seeing in our other insurance portfolios, at that point, it becomes an incremental process over time. We have a little bit of a denominator effect in trying to measure that because the base of assets keeps growing up. The amount that we've been transferring into our private funds continues to be at a low %. We are seeing that increase. I would say any time we acquire a new portfolio, it's generally a period of somewhere between two to five years to make that shift. Thank you. Our next question will come from Dean Wilkinson from CIBC. Your line is now open. Thank you and good morning. Just a quick question around the base shelf that was filed last night. Given your current financial positioning and liquidity, could we perhaps read into that document that there are acquisition opportunities that may come to the forefront over the next 12 months or so that could be an additive to your fee-bearing capital that perhaps we haven't considered at this point? No, I mean, I would say that our focus really is around making sure we can generate the liquidity in order to support the business. We've got $1.5 billion as of the quarter end, and we're in a very strong position. We will continue accessing the bond market in order to support the growth of our business because we still have a lot of opportunities on the partner managers, which we talked about, that $250 million of FRE, and then, of course, seeding additional strategies. We've had such strong success with our complementary strategies, and we see a lot more on the product launch side as well as just newer initiatives that we're looking at. From that standpoint, that is what you're really seeing in that shelf. In terms of acquisitions, we're always opportunistic, but there's nothing that we need to do. It really is just an opportunistic play from that perspective. Great. Thanks, Hadley. Thank you. Our next question will come from Vikram Gandhi from HSBC. Your line is open. Hi. Morning, everybody. Hope you can hear me all right. I've got a two-part open, perhaps starting with the changes incorporated in the Big Beautiful Bill. I wondered if you could share your thoughts on how these changes around tax breaks for renewable projects could possibly impact your deployment and exits in that area. In terms of our renewable business, there are three points that we would make. One, our renewable strategy at this point, we are confident that we can safe harbor or secure the legacy tax credit treatment for the entirety of our advanced-stage U.S. renewables pipeline. That would be point one. Two, the changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill did lead to an accelerated retirement of those tax credits. It does leave a window for those projects that are already either under construction or start construction in the next 12 months to receive the legacy tax treatment. We feel that opportunity lends itself best to the largest platforms that have access to capital and centralized procurement programs to get those advanced-stage projects started. We are certainly the leader in the space. The third thing I would say, beyond our renewables business, is we do receive tax credits across a number of investments we have at Brookfield. Some of our advanced manufacturing, nuclear, hydro batteries, all of that was well protected under the bill. Therefore, we are certainly one of the biggest beneficiaries. OK. That's very helpful. The other one, if I may, was on a comment made at the Financial Times Global Insurance Summit by the BWS CEO, suggesting the private credit trade was kind of overcrowded. Just curious if you could provide some context around that comment and where do BAM and BWS, you know, where are the two companies thinking about the asset allocation on incremental AUM, especially once the Just Group deal is concluded? I'll add some clarification around that. When we think, again, about our core competencies in credit, it is around real assets, asset-backed finance, and opportunistic. These are the markets that we play in. We have a competitive advantage. Where we are less inclined to spend a lot of our time is around the sponsor-direct lending. That's what that article is referring to because it's more commoditized, a lot of spread compression. We're seeing better risk-adjusted returns from the core competencies that I laid out. We are very active in that space. We're growing. We're doing a lot of investments in those areas and will continue, given the pipeline of opportunities that I mentioned earlier. That's great. Thank you very much. Thank you. I am showing no further questions from our phone line. I'd like to turn the conference back over to Jason Fooks for any further closing remarks. OK, great. Thanks for everyone's participation. If you should have any additional questions on today's release, please feel free to contact me directly. Thank you, everyone, and have a good day. Thank you. This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect. Everyone, have a wonderful day.

Speaker 14: Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Brookfield Asset Management second quarter 2025 conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Jason Fooks, Managing Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good day, and thank you for standing by. good day and thank you for standing by Welcome to the Brookfield Asset Management second quarter 2025 conference call and webcast. welcome to the brookfield asset management second quarter 2025 conference call and webcast At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. at this time all participants are in a listen-only mode After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. after the speaker's presentation there will be a question-and-answer session To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. to ask a question during the session you will need to press star one one on your telephone You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. you will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. to withdraw your question please press star one one again Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. please be advised that today's conference is being recorded I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Jason Fooks, Managing Director of Investor Relations. i would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today jason fooks managing director of investor relations Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us today for Brookfield Asset Management's earnings call for the second quarter of 2025. On the call today, we have Bruce Flatt, our Chief Executive Officer, Connor Teskey, our President, and Hadley Peer Marshall, our Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that in today's comments, including in responding to questions and in discussing new initiatives and our financial and operating performance, we make forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. Securities law. These statements reflect predictions of future events and trends and do not relate to historic events. They're subject to known and unknown risks, and future events and results may differ materially from such statements. For further information on these risks and their potential impacts on our company, please see our filings with the securities regulators in Canada and the U.S. Thank you for joining us today for Brookfield Asset Management's earnings call for the second quarter of 2025. thank you for joining us today for brookfield asset management's earnings call for the second quarter of 2025 On the call today, we have Bruce Flatt, our Chief Executive Officer, Connor Teskey, our President, and Hadley Peer Marshall, our Chief Financial Officer. on the call today we have bruce flatt our chief executive officer connor teskey our president and hadley peer marshall our chief financial officer Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that in today's comments, including in responding to questions and in discussing new initiatives and our financial and operating performance, we make forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. before we begin i'd like to remind you that in today's comments including in responding to questions and in discussing new initiatives and our financial and operating performance we make forward-looking statements including forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable canadian and u.s Securities law. securities law These statements reflect predictions of future events and trends and do not relate to historic events. these statements reflect predictions of future events and trends and do not relate to historic events They're subject to known and unknown risks, and future events and results may differ materially from such statements. they're subject to known and unknown risks and future events and results may differ materially from such statements For further information on these risks and their potential impacts on our company, please see our filings with the securities regulators in Canada and the U.S. for further information on these risks and their potential impacts on our company please see our filings with the securities regulators in canada and the u.s and the information available on our website. Let me quickly run through the agenda for today's call. Bruce will begin with an overview of the quarter, highlighting the strength of our platform, and discuss how we're positioned for long-term growth, particularly around our thematic investment strategies. Connor will discuss our accelerating pace of investment activity and monetizations, both at multi-year highs, and the growing opportunity to reach individual investors through retirement and wealth channels. Finally, Hadley will walk through our financial results, balance sheet, and some of our recent strategic initiatives. After our formal remarks, we'll open the line for questions. Before I hand things over, I'd like to take a moment to welcome the new analysts who have initiated coverage on Brookfield over the past few months. We're glad to have you with us. and the information available on our website. and the information available on our website Let me quickly run through the agenda for today's call. let me quickly run through the agenda for today's call Bruce will begin with an overview of the quarter, highlighting the strength of our platform, and discuss how we're positioned for long-term growth, particularly around our thematic investment strategies. bruce will begin with an overview of the quarter highlighting the strength of our platform and discuss how we're positioned for long-term growth particularly around our thematic investment strategies Connor will discuss our accelerating pace of investment activity and monetizations, both at multi-year highs, and the growing opportunity to reach individual investors through retirement and wealth channels. connor will discuss our accelerating pace of investment activity and monetizations both at multi-year highs and the growing opportunity to reach individual investors through retirement and wealth channels Finally, Hadley will walk through our financial results, balance sheet, and some of our recent strategic initiatives. finally hadley will walk through our financial results balance sheet and some of our recent strategic initiatives After our formal remarks, we'll open the line for questions. after our formal remarks we'll open the line for questions Before I hand things over, I'd like to take a moment to welcome the new analysts who have initiated coverage on Brookfield over the past few months. before i hand things over i'd like to take a moment to welcome the new analysts who have initiated coverage on brookfield over the past few months We're glad to have you with us. we're glad to have you with us To ensure we can hear from as many participants as possible, we're asking everyone to please limit themselves to one question. If you have additional questions, please rejoin the queue, and we'll be happy to take more questions if time permits. With that, I'll turn the call over to Bruce. To ensure we can hear from as many participants as possible, we're asking everyone to please limit themselves to one question. to ensure we can hear from as many participants as possible we're asking everyone to please limit themselves to one question If you have additional questions, please rejoin the queue, and we'll be happy to take more questions if time permits. if you have additional questions please rejoin the queue and we'll be happy to take more questions if time permits With that, I'll turn the call over to Bruce. with that i'll turn the call over to bruce

Speaker 10: Thank you, Jason, and everyone joining us on this call. We delivered strong results this quarter, with fee-related earnings up 16% to $676 million. Distributable earnings were up 12% to $613 million. We raised $22 billion of capital in the quarter, and over the past 12 months, $97 billion, helping drive fee-bearing capital to $563 billion, which was 10% up year-over-year. The broader market environment is very constructive. M&A is gaining traction, and there is significant liquidity with well-functioning capital markets, a much different environment than we saw even a few months ago when investors were waiting for signs of stability. This shift plays directly to our strengths. We have always focused on long-term, mission-critical investments related to the backbone of the global economy, and that continues to be our strategy. Thank you, Jason, and everyone joining us on this call. thank you jason and everyone joining us on this call We delivered strong results this quarter, with fee-related earnings up 16% to $676 million. we delivered strong results this quarter with fee-related earnings up 16% to $676 million Distributable earnings were up 12% to $613 million. distributable earnings were up 12% to $613 million We raised $22 billion of capital in the quarter, and over the past 12 months, $97 billion, helping drive fee-bearing capital to $563 billion, which was 10% up year-over-year. we raised $22 billion of capital in the quarter and over the past 12 months $97 billion helping drive fee-bearing capital to $563 billion which was 10% up year-over-year The broader market environment is very constructive. the broader market environment is very constructive M&A is gaining traction, and there is significant liquidity with well-functioning capital markets, a much different environment than we saw even a few months ago when investors were waiting for signs of stability. m&a is gaining traction and there is significant liquidity with well-functioning capital markets a much different environment than we saw even a few months ago when investors were waiting for signs of stability This shift plays directly to our strengths. this shift plays directly to our strengths We have always focused on long-term, mission-critical investments related to the backbone of the global economy, and that continues to be our strategy. we have always focused on long-term mission-critical investments related to the backbone of the global economy and that continues to be our strategy The businesses we own, critical infrastructure, renewable power, industrial and logistics assets, high-quality real estate, and essential service businesses, provide stable, inflation-linked cash flows, which are sought after in a market where resiliency is valued. This opportunity set is large and compelling and is driven by three powerful themes, which we have discussed for years with you: Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Deglobalization. These three Ds are more relevant today than ever before. They have expanded and are converging in ways that are accelerating demand for capital at a global scale. First, Deglobalization has evolved from a discussion around supply chain resiliency into a broader reordering of global trade. We are seeing increased reshoring and nearshoring across manufacturing and significant investment in alternative and duplicate supply chains. That is driving a surge in demand for logistics hubs, advanced manufacturing facilities, and modern industrial infrastructure. The businesses we own, critical infrastructure, renewable power, industrial and logistics assets, high-quality real estate, and essential service businesses, provide stable, inflation-linked cash flows, which are sought after in a market where resiliency is valued. the businesses we own critical infrastructure renewable power industrial and logistics assets high-quality real estate and essential service businesses provide stable inflation-linked cash flows which are sought after in a market where resiliency is valued This opportunity set is large and compelling and is driven by three powerful themes, which we have discussed for years with you: Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Deglobalization. this opportunity set is large and compelling and is driven by three powerful themes which we have discussed for years with you digitalization decarbonization and deglobalization These three Ds are more relevant today than ever before. these three ds are more relevant today than ever before They have expanded and are converging in ways that are accelerating demand for capital at a global scale. they have expanded and are converging in ways that are accelerating demand for capital at a global scale First, Deglobalization has evolved from a discussion around supply chain resiliency into a broader reordering of global trade. first deglobalization has evolved from a discussion around supply chain resiliency into a broader reordering of global trade We are seeing increased reshoring and nearshoring across manufacturing and significant investment in alternative and duplicate supply chains. we are seeing increased reshoring and nearshoring across manufacturing and significant investment in alternative and duplicate supply chains That is driving a surge in demand for logistics hubs, advanced manufacturing facilities, and modern industrial infrastructure. that is driving a surge in demand for logistics hubs advanced manufacturing facilities and modern industrial infrastructure Decarbonization, originally centered on net-zero commitments, now also reflects growing concern around energy security and more and increasingly grid stability. The focus on new energy sources is no longer a long-term policy goal, it is a near-term economic imperative. The lowest cost, fastest to market, scalable solution remains renewable power. Most importantly, increased solar penetration is driving soaring demand for the grid-stabilizing benefits of hydro, nuclear, and storage. Lastly, Digitalization, which initially focused on cloud infrastructure, telecom towers, and fiber, has entered a new phase. Artificial intelligence is transforming how data is created, processed, and consumed. That transformation is driving exponential demand for computing power, data center capacity, and sovereign-scale AI campuses. In fact, we believe the infrastructure buildouts for AI will be one of the largest capital formation cycles of this generation. Decarbonization, originally centered on net-zero commitments, now also reflects growing concern around energy security and more and increasingly grid stability. decarbonization originally centered on net-zero commitments now also reflects growing concern around energy security and more and increasingly grid stability The focus on new energy sources is no longer a long-term policy goal, it is a near-term economic imperative. the focus on new energy sources is no longer a long-term policy goal it is a near-term economic imperative The lowest cost, fastest to market, scalable solution remains renewable power. the lowest cost fastest to market scalable solution remains renewable power Most importantly, increased solar penetration is driving soaring demand for the grid-stabilizing benefits of hydro, nuclear, and storage. most importantly increased solar penetration is driving soaring demand for the grid-stabilizing benefits of hydro nuclear and storage Lastly, Digitalization, which initially focused on cloud infrastructure, telecom towers, and fiber, has entered a new phase. lastly digitalization which initially focused on cloud infrastructure telecom towers and fiber has entered a new phase Artificial intelligence is transforming how data is created, processed, and consumed. artificial intelligence is transforming how data is created processed and consumed That transformation is driving exponential demand for computing power, data center capacity, and sovereign-scale AI campuses. that transformation is driving exponential demand for computing power data center capacity and sovereign-scale ai campuses In fact, we believe the infrastructure buildouts for AI will be one of the largest capital formation cycles of this generation. in fact we believe the infrastructure buildouts for ai will be one of the largest capital formation cycles of this generation Connor will speak more about our positioning in AI, but the bottom line is this: we have scale, experience, and integrated approach that few can match, and we are viewed as a partner of choice. We are developing next-generation AI infrastructure around the world. With having already built 2,000 MW of data center capacity and being one of the largest renewable providers in the world, we can deliver on large, complex transactions integrated with energy, land entitlement, and development under one roof. That is exactly what the largest hyperscalers and governments are looking for in a partner. The convergence of these megatrends has created a powerful investment landscape. We are uniquely positioned to lead. We are investing at scale in these high-growth sectors supported by multi-decade structural tailwinds. This year to date, we invested $85 billion. Connor will speak more about our positioning in AI, but the bottom line is this: we have scale, experience, and integrated approach that few can match, and we are viewed as a partner of choice. connor will speak more about our positioning in ai but the bottom line is this we have scale experience and integrated approach that few can match and we are viewed as a partner of choice We are developing next-generation AI infrastructure around the world. we are developing next-generation ai infrastructure around the world With having already built 2,000 MW of data center capacity and being one of the largest renewable providers in the world, we can deliver on large, complex transactions integrated with energy, land entitlement, and development under one roof. with having already built 2,000 mw of data center capacity and being one of the largest renewable providers in the world we can deliver on large complex transactions integrated with energy land entitlement and development under one roof That is exactly what the largest hyperscalers and governments are looking for in a partner. that is exactly what the largest hyperscalers and governments are looking for in a partner The convergence of these megatrends has created a powerful investment landscape. the convergence of these megatrends has created a powerful investment landscape We are uniquely positioned to lead. we are uniquely positioned to lead We are investing at scale in these high-growth sectors supported by multi-decade structural tailwinds. we are investing at scale in these high-growth sectors supported by multi-decade structural tailwinds This year to date, we invested $85 billion. this year to date we invested $85 billion We also harvested investments that have benefited from our operating value approach and sold over $55 billion of assets at very good returns. This represents our highest level of activity in years. Connor will discuss monetization more broadly in a little more depth, but these realizations demonstrate the quality of our portfolio and the value creation delivered by our operating teams. The current environment, marked by secular tailwinds, improving sentiment, and a premium uncertainty, is suited to our strategy. Our focus remains the same: invest with discipline for value, protect downside, return client capital to clients at excellent returns. By doing so, we will continue to be rewarded with growing fee-bearing capital and the ability to deliver on long-term value to our shareholders. I'll now turn the call over to Connor to walk through how we are deploying capital, building strategic partnerships, and monetizing assets across our global platform. We also harvested investments that have benefited from our operating value approach and sold over $55 billion of assets at very good returns. we also harvested investments that have benefited from our operating value approach and sold over $55 billion of assets at very good returns This represents our highest level of activity in years. this represents our highest level of activity in years Connor will discuss monetization more broadly in a little more depth, but these realizations demonstrate the quality of our portfolio and the value creation delivered by our operating teams. connor will discuss monetization more broadly in a little more depth but these realizations demonstrate the quality of our portfolio and the value creation delivered by our operating teams The current environment, marked by secular tailwinds, improving sentiment, and a premium uncertainty, is suited to our strategy. the current environment marked by secular tailwinds improving sentiment and a premium uncertainty is suited to our strategy Our focus remains the same: invest with discipline for value, protect downside, return client capital to clients at excellent returns. our focus remains the same invest with discipline for value protect downside return client capital to clients at excellent returns By doing so, we will continue to be rewarded with growing fee-bearing capital and the ability to deliver on long-term value to our shareholders. by doing so we will continue to be rewarded with growing fee-bearing capital and the ability to deliver on long-term value to our shareholders I'll now turn the call over to Connor to walk through how we are deploying capital, building strategic partnerships, and monetizing assets across our global platform. i'll now turn the call over to connor to walk through how we are deploying capital building strategic partnerships and monetizing assets across our global platform

Speaker 7: Thank you, Bruce, and good morning, everyone. As Bruce highlighted, the market environment is more constructive today, and the structural drivers behind our business have been accelerating. With these themes converging to create an unprecedented demand for assets that make up the backbone of the global economy, Brookfield is uniquely positioned to meet that need. This is evident across our platform, where we are deploying capital into long-term trends at greater rates and forming strategic partnerships that reinforce our leadership position. Let's start with partnerships. We recently entered into several large-scale agreements that reflect the depth of our platform and the confidence that the world's largest governments, corporates, and institutions place in Brookfield. The first is a $10 billion public-private investment program to support the Swedish government in building out next-generation digital infrastructure to power the growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing within the country. Thank you, Bruce, and good morning, everyone. thank you bruce and good morning everyone As Bruce highlighted, the market environment is more constructive today, and the structural drivers behind our business have been accelerating. as bruce highlighted the market environment is more constructive today and the structural drivers behind our business have been accelerating With these themes converging to create an unprecedented demand for assets that make up the backbone of the global economy, Brookfield is uniquely positioned to meet that need. with these themes converging to create an unprecedented demand for assets that make up the backbone of the global economy, brookfield is uniquely positioned to meet that need This is evident across our platform, where we are deploying capital into long-term trends at greater rates and forming strategic partnerships that reinforce our leadership position. this is evident across our platform where we are deploying capital into long-term trends at greater rates and forming strategic partnerships that reinforce our leadership position Let's start with partnerships. let's start with partnerships We recently entered into several large-scale agreements that reflect the depth of our platform and the confidence that the world's largest governments, corporates, and institutions place in Brookfield . we recently entered into several large-scale agreements that reflect the depth of our platform and the confidence that the world's largest governments corporates and institutions place in brookfield The first is a $10 billion public-private investment program to support the Swedish government in building out next-generation digital infrastructure to power the growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing within the country. the first is a $10 billion public-private investment program to support the swedish government in building out next-generation digital infrastructure to power the growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing within the country This framework allows us to integrate our renewable infrastructure and real estate capabilities to deliver a full-suite solution at scale. The second is a renewable energy framework agreement with Google. Under this agreement, we will deliver up to 3,000 MW of hydroelectric capacity across the U.S., starting with initial contracts valued at more than $3 billion. These facilities provide stable, clean, baseload power, a critical input for artificial intelligence and data operation. These transactions build on other strategic partnerships we've already formed with Microsoft, Barclays, and the French government to deliver high-value infrastructure. This is part of a broader shift. Sophisticated counterparties are increasingly turning to us for our ability to not only bring capital at scale but to bring integrated solutions and, most importantly, the experience and capabilities to execute with certainty. Turning now to investment activity, we are seeing transaction volumes increase, particularly around the same secular themes. This framework allows us to integrate our renewable infrastructure and real estate capabilities to deliver a full-suite solution at scale. this framework allows us to integrate our renewable infrastructure and real estate capabilities to deliver a full-suite solution at scale The second is a renewable energy framework agreement with Google. the second is a renewable energy framework agreement with google Under this agreement, we will deliver up to 3,000 MW of hydroelectric capacity across the U.S., starting with initial contracts valued at more than $3 billion. under this agreement we will deliver up to 3,000 mw of hydroelectric capacity across the u.s starting with initial contracts valued at more than $3 billion These facilities provide stable, clean, baseload power, a critical input for artificial intelligence and data operation. these facilities provide stable clean baseload power a critical input for artificial intelligence and data operation These transactions build on other strategic partnerships we've already formed with Microsoft, Barclays, and the French government to deliver high-value infrastructure. these transactions build on other strategic partnerships we've already formed with microsoft barclays and the french government to deliver high-value infrastructure This is part of a broader shift. this is part of a broader shift Sophisticated counterparties are increasingly turning to us for our ability to not only bring capital at scale but to bring integrated solutions and, most importantly, the experience and capabilities to execute with certainty. sophisticated counterparties are increasingly turning to us for our ability to not only bring capital at scale but to bring integrated solutions and most importantly the experience and capabilities to execute with certainty Turning now to investment activity, we are seeing transaction volumes increase, particularly around the same secular themes. turning now to investment activity we are seeing transaction volumes increase particularly around the same secular themes Nowhere is the impact of the three Ds more visible than in our infrastructure business. This year, we have committed to a number of major infrastructure transactions totaling over $30 billion in enterprise value. These include Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined product pipeline in the United States, Wells Fargo Rail, the second-largest railcar leasing platform in North America, Hotwire Communications, a leading U.S. fiber-to-the-home provider, and even yesterday, Duke Energy Florida, a vertically integrated electric utility serving 2 million customers with 53,000 mi of transmission and distribution lines and over 13 GW of installed generation capacity. Each of these assets is mission-critical, defensively positioned, and underpinned by long-duration cash flows. This pace of activity is only possible because of our global footprint and readiness to deploy at scale. Nowhere is the impact of the three Ds more visible than in our infrastructure business. nowhere is the impact of the three ds more visible than in our infrastructure business This year, we have committed to a number of major infrastructure transactions totaling over $30 billion in enterprise value. this year we have committed to a number of major infrastructure transactions totaling over $30 billion in enterprise value These include Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined product pipeline in the United States, Wells Fargo Rail, the second-largest railcar leasing platform in North America, Hotwire Communications, a leading U.S. fiber-to-the-home provider, and even yesterday, Duke Energy Florida, a vertically integrated electric utility serving 2 million customers with 53,000 mi of transmission and distribution lines and over 13 GW of installed generation capacity. these include colonial pipeline the largest refined product pipeline in the united states wells fargo rail the second-largest railcar leasing platform in north america hotwire communications a leading u.s fiber-to-the-home provider and even yesterday duke energy florida a vertically integrated electric utility serving 2 million customers with 53,000 mi of transmission and distribution lines and over 13 gw of installed generation capacity Each of these assets is mission-critical, defensively positioned, and underpinned by long-duration cash flows. each of these assets is mission-critical defensively positioned and underpinned by long-duration cash flows This pace of activity is only possible because of our global footprint and readiness to deploy at scale. this pace of activity is only possible because of our global footprint and readiness to deploy at scale We can move decisively, underwrite large and complex assets given our experience, and we will use our operating capabilities to drive value in these businesses under our ownership. Based on our advanced pipeline, this recent pace of activity is not expected to slow down. At the same time, we are seeing robust demand for high-quality assets and businesses we invest in, as evidenced by a significant increase in monetization activity so far this year. Year to date, we've announced asset sales valued at over $55 billion, generating $33 billion of equity proceeds. These exits have achieved strong returns and reflect the operating value we've created over time. We are seeing this across our franchise. In real estate, we've announced $15 billion of sales across senior housing, net lease, student housing, and hospitality. We also completed the IPO of Leela Palaces in India at a record value for the sector. We can move decisively, underwrite large and complex assets given our experience, and we will use our operating capabilities to drive value in these businesses under our ownership. we can move decisively underwrite large and complex assets given our experience and we will use our operating capabilities to drive value in these businesses under our ownership Based on our advanced pipeline, this recent pace of activity is not expected to slow down. based on our advanced pipeline this recent pace of activity is not expected to slow down At the same time, we are seeing robust demand for high-quality assets and businesses we invest in, as evidenced by a significant increase in monetization activity so far this year. at the same time we are seeing robust demand for high-quality assets and businesses we invest in as evidenced by a significant increase in monetization activity so far this year Year to date, we've announced asset sales valued at over $55 billion, generating $33 billion of equity proceeds. year to date we've announced asset sales valued at over $55 billion generating $33 billion of equity proceeds These exits have achieved strong returns and reflect the operating value we've created over time. these exits have achieved strong returns and reflect the operating value we've created over time We are seeing this across our franchise. we are seeing this across our franchise In real estate, we've announced $15 billion of sales across senior housing, net lease, student housing, and hospitality. in real estate we've announced $15 billion of sales across senior housing net lease student housing and hospitality We also completed the IPO of Leela Palaces in India at a record value for the sector. we also completed the ipo of leela palaces in india at a record value for the sector In infrastructure, we've announced the sale of nearly $13 billion of assets, including partial interest in Patrick Terminals, our final stake in NGPL, and stabilized data centers developed through our Data4 platform. We've also been active in renewable power, exiting wind and hydro assets, and in private equity, where we've returned more than $10 billion to clients over the past two years. While we're harvesting value today, we're equally focused on tomorrow's opportunities, none more important than AI infrastructure. Artificial intelligence is driving exponential demand for compute and requires an unprecedented buildout in infrastructure. Data centers, power, fiber, liquid cooling, and semiconductor capacity are all essential and require trillions in capital investment. This is the next frontier for infrastructure investing, and Brookfield is well-positioned to lead. We already have strong capabilities in power and data center development globally, and we are scaling these platforms aggressively. In infrastructure, we've announced the sale of nearly $13 billion of assets, including partial interest in Patrick Terminals, our final stake in NGPL, and stabilized data centers developed through our Data4 platform. in infrastructure we've announced the sale of nearly $13 billion of assets including partial interest in patrick terminals our final stake in ngpl and stabilized data centers developed through our data4 platform We've also been active in renewable power, exiting wind and hydro assets, and in private equity, where we've returned more than $10 billion to clients over the past two years. we've also been active in renewable power exiting wind and hydro assets and in private equity where we've returned more than $10 billion to clients over the past two years While we're harvesting value today, we're equally focused on tomorrow's opportunities, none more important than AI infrastructure. while we're harvesting value today we're equally focused on tomorrow's opportunities none more important than ai infrastructure Artificial intelligence is driving exponential demand for compute and requires an unprecedented buildout in infrastructure. artificial intelligence is driving exponential demand for compute and requires an unprecedented buildout in infrastructure Data centers, power, fiber, liquid cooling, and semiconductor capacity are all essential and require trillions in capital investment. data centers power fiber liquid cooling and semiconductor capacity are all essential and require trillions in capital investment This is the next frontier for infrastructure investing, and Brookfield is well-positioned to lead. this is the next frontier for infrastructure investing and brookfield is well-positioned to lead We already have strong capabilities in power and data center development globally, and we are scaling these platforms aggressively. we already have strong capabilities in power and data center development globally and we are scaling these platforms aggressively The infrastructure outside the box—land, power, and buildings, essentially the racks and shelves—is only part of the story. The infrastructure in the box, the compute, chips, and cooling systems, have largely been funded by corporate balance sheets. We believe that will change. We see an emerging opportunity for long-term private capital to help fund this next wave of artificial intelligence buildout. We're already seeing demand for GPU infrastructure as a service, long-term compute capacity delivered off balance sheet and funded by third-party private capital. We also see opportunities across the broader artificial intelligence supply chain, from liquid cooling and power distribution to fiber networks and chip fabrication capacity. Combined with the need for developers that can deliver turnkey artificial intelligence campuses, as we are doing in Sweden and France, we believe this may ultimately support a dedicated strategy of its own. The infrastructure outside the box—land, power, and buildings, essentially the racks and shelves—is only part of the story. the infrastructure outside the box—land power and buildings essentially the racks and shelves—is only part of the story The infrastructure in the box, the compute, chips, and cooling systems, have largely been funded by corporate balance sheets. the infrastructure in the box the compute chips and cooling systems have largely been funded by corporate balance sheets We believe that will change. we believe that will change We see an emerging opportunity for long-term private capital to help fund this next wave of artificial intelligence buildout. we see an emerging opportunity for long-term private capital to help fund this next wave of artificial intelligence buildout We're already seeing demand for GPU infrastructure as a service, long-term compute capacity delivered off balance sheet and funded by third-party private capital. we're already seeing demand for gpu infrastructure as a service long-term compute capacity delivered off balance sheet and funded by third-party private capital We also see opportunities across the broader artificial intelligence supply chain, from liquid cooling and power distribution to fiber networks and chip fabrication capacity. we also see opportunities across the broader artificial intelligence supply chain from liquid cooling and power distribution to fiber networks and chip fabrication capacity Combined with the need for developers that can deliver turnkey artificial intelligence campuses, as we are doing in Sweden and France, we believe this may ultimately support a dedicated strategy of its own. combined with the need for developers that can deliver turnkey artificial intelligence campuses as we are doing in sweden and france we believe this may ultimately support a dedicated strategy of its own Our integrated platform, spanning equity and credit, allows us to deliver these solutions with speed, structure, and scale. Our relationships with governments, hyperscalers, and industrial leaders are generating proprietary deal flow across the new artificial intelligence ecosystem. Alongside this transformation in infrastructure, we're also seeing a transformation in our client base. For decades, alternatives have been driven by institutional capital, particularly defined benefit pensions and sovereign wealth funds. That remains our core base, and it continues to grow rapidly. A new major growth engine is now emerging: the rise of individual access to alternative investments. Defined contribution plans, insurance-based savings, and private wealth are quickly becoming the next frontier. In the U.S. alone, 401(k) plans and retail annuities now represent over $10 trillion in assets, on par with institutional pools. Private wealth clients represent another $10 trillion opportunity. A recent executive order from the U.S. Our integrated platform, spanning equity and credit, allows us to deliver these solutions with speed, structure, and scale. our integrated platform spanning equity and credit allows us to deliver these solutions with speed structure and scale Our relationships with governments, hyperscalers, and industrial leaders are generating proprietary deal flow across the new artificial intelligence ecosystem. our relationships with governments hyperscalers and industrial leaders are generating proprietary deal flow across the new artificial intelligence ecosystem Alongside this transformation in infrastructure, we're also seeing a transformation in our client base. alongside this transformation in infrastructure we're also seeing a transformation in our client base For decades, alternatives have been driven by institutional capital, particularly defined benefit pensions and sovereign wealth funds. for decades alternatives have been driven by institutional capital particularly defined benefit pensions and sovereign wealth funds That remains our core base, and it continues to grow rapidly. that remains our core base and it continues to grow rapidly A new major growth engine is now emerging: the rise of individual access to alternative investments. a new major growth engine is now emerging the rise of individual access to alternative investments Defined contribution plans, insurance-based savings, and private wealth are quickly becoming the next frontier. defined contribution plans insurance-based savings and private wealth are quickly becoming the next frontier In the U.S. alone, 401(k) plans and retail annuities now represent over $10 trillion in assets, on par with institutional pools. in the u.s alone 401(k) plans and retail annuities now represent over $10 trillion in assets on par with institutional pools Private wealth clients represent another $10 trillion opportunity. private wealth clients represent another $10 trillion opportunity A recent executive order from the U.S. a recent executive order from the u.s administration could accelerate this shift by laying the groundwork for greater access to private strategies through workplace retirement plans. Even a modest reallocation could result in hundreds of billions to trillions of net new flows into alternatives over time. We are well prepared for this evolution. In this evolving landscape, distribution will matter, but it is the quality and durability of the products that will ultimately determine success. Our business is centered around real assets and essential business services that offer income, capital stability, and inflation protection that long-term retirement and wealth portfolios require. We've made significant investments across our platform to meet the needs of retail investors through the buildout of our private wealth and retirement platform, Brookfield Wealth, which is on track to raise over $30 billion of capital this year from private wealth and insurance annuity channels. administration could accelerate this shift by laying the groundwork for greater access to private strategies through workplace retirement plans. administration could accelerate this shift by laying the groundwork for greater access to private strategies through workplace retirement plans Even a modest reallocation could result in hundreds of billions to trillions of net new flows into alternatives over time. even a modest reallocation could result in hundreds of billions to trillions of net new flows into alternatives over time We are well prepared for this evolution. we are well prepared for this evolution In this evolving landscape, distribution will matter, but it is the quality and durability of the products that will ultimately determine success. in this evolving landscape distribution will matter but it is the quality and durability of the products that will ultimately determine success Our business is centered around real assets and essential business services that offer income, capital stability, and inflation protection that long-term retirement and wealth portfolios require. our business is centered around real assets and essential business services that offer income capital stability and inflation protection that long-term retirement and wealth portfolios require We've made significant investments across our platform to meet the needs of retail investors through the buildout of our private wealth and retirement platform, Brookfield Wealth, which is on track to raise over $30 billion of capital this year from private wealth and insurance annuity channels. we've made significant investments across our platform to meet the needs of retail investors through the buildout of our private wealth and retirement platform brookfield wealth which is on track to raise over $30 billion of capital this year from private wealth and insurance annuity channels This year, we're launching two new offerings focused on private equity and asset-backed finance, and at the same time, we are expanding our dedicated teams for both private wealth and defined contribution channels. At the same time, we manage approximately $100 billion and growing portfolio of annuities on behalf of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, which is designed to generate stable, attractive returns for retirement accounts. That platform continues to expand globally. Last week, Brookfield entered into an agreement to acquire Just Group, a leading provider of retirement services in the U.K. individual retirement market. While Brookfield Asset Management is not contributing capital to the transaction or taking on insurance liabilities, upon closing, we could become the investment manager for a significant portion of Just Group's $36 billion portfolio on terms consistent with our existing arrangement with Brookfield's insurance group, Brookfield Wealth Solutions. This year, we're launching two new offerings focused on private equity and asset-backed finance, and at the same time, we are expanding our dedicated teams for both private wealth and defined contribution channels. this year we're launching two new offerings focused on private equity and asset-backed finance and at the same time we are expanding our dedicated teams for both private wealth and defined contribution channels At the same time, we manage approximately $100 billion and growing portfolio of annuities on behalf of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, which is designed to generate stable, attractive returns for retirement accounts. at the same time we manage approximately $100 billion and growing portfolio of annuities on behalf of brookfield wealth solutions which is designed to generate stable attractive returns for retirement accounts That platform continues to expand globally. that platform continues to expand globally Last week, Brookfield entered into an agreement to acquire Just Group, a leading provider of retirement services in the U.K. individual retirement market. last week brookfield entered into an agreement to acquire just group a leading provider of retirement services in the u.k individual retirement market While Brookfield Asset Management is not contributing capital to the transaction or taking on insurance liabilities, upon closing, we could become the investment manager for a significant portion of Just Group's $36 billion portfolio on terms consistent with our existing arrangement with Brookfield's insurance group, Brookfield Wealth Solutions. while brookfield asset management is not contributing capital to the transaction or taking on insurance liabilities upon closing we could become the investment manager for a significant portion of just group's $36 billion portfolio on terms consistent with our existing arrangement with brookfield's insurance group brookfield wealth solutions This will immediately add stable, incremental fee-related revenue for our business, with significant upside as Just Group's origination capabilities support further growth in retirement savings. This transaction demonstrates the significant opportunity for us to service BWS' growing global platform, a feature that remains underappreciated upside for our business. While such transactions are discreet in nature, they continue to be a meaningful and highly accretive source of growth for us as part of Brookfield's ecosystem. In summary, our global scale, real asset focus, and track record of delivering income, stability, and downside protection make us well-suited to serve this new cohort of investors. As capital flows expand from institutions to individuals, we are well-positioned to lead. To close, across our business, we are seeing an acceleration of the most important drivers of our growth. Capital markets are robust, partnerships are expanding, and the pipeline of opportunities continues to grow. This will immediately add stable, incremental fee-related revenue for our business, with significant upside as Just Group's origination capabilities support further growth in retirement savings. this will immediately add stable incremental fee-related revenue for our business with significant upside as just group's origination capabilities support further growth in retirement savings This transaction demonstrates the significant opportunity for us to service BWS ' growing global platform, a feature that remains underappreciated upside for our business. this transaction demonstrates the significant opportunity for us to service bws' growing global platform a feature that remains underappreciated upside for our business While such transactions are discreet in nature, they continue to be a meaningful and highly accretive source of growth for us as part of Brookfield's ecosystem. while such transactions are discreet in nature they continue to be a meaningful and highly accretive source of growth for us as part of brookfield's ecosystem In summary, our global scale, real asset focus, and track record of delivering income, stability, and downside protection make us well-suited to serve this new cohort of investors. in summary our global scale real asset focus and track record of delivering income stability and downside protection make us well-suited to serve this new cohort of investors As capital flows expand from institutions to individuals, we are well-positioned to lead. as capital flows expand from institutions to individuals we are well-positioned to lead To close, across our business, we are seeing an acceleration of the most important drivers of our growth. to close across our business we are seeing an acceleration of the most important drivers of our growth Capital markets are robust, partnerships are expanding, and the pipeline of opportunities continues to grow. capital markets are robust partnerships are expanding and the pipeline of opportunities continues to grow We are investing behind long-term themes, monetizing into strong demand, and leaning into sectors where we have a competitive edge. With a strong balance sheet, global platform, and long-term orientation, we are well-positioned in today's market and excited about what lies ahead. With that, we'll turn the call over to Hadley. We are investing behind long-term themes, monetizing into strong demand, and leaning into sectors where we have a competitive edge. we are investing behind long-term themes monetizing into strong demand and leaning into sectors where we have a competitive edge With a strong balance sheet, global platform, and long-term orientation, we are well-positioned in today's market and excited about what lies ahead. with a strong balance sheet global platform and long-term orientation we are well-positioned in today's market and excited about what lies ahead With that, we'll turn the call over to Hadley. with that we'll turn the call over to hadley

Speaker 4: Thank you, Connor. Today, I'll provide an overview of our second quarter financial results, which demonstrated the advantage of our stable and predictable business model. I'll also discuss our strong fundraising performance and our balance sheet positioning. We delivered strong financial performance in the second quarter. Fee-bearing capital increased to $563 billion, up 10% year-over-year. Over the last 12 months, fee-bearing capital inflows totaled $85 billion, of which $60 billion came from fundraising, and $25 billion came from deployment of uncalled commitments. We saw contributions from scaling our partner-manager platforms and growth of our listed affiliates' market caps. The strong growth in our capital base continues to drive the strong growth in our earnings. One of the most unique features of our model is that fee-related earnings comprise nearly all of our distributable earnings, making our earnings highly stable and predictable, which is particularly valuable in today's environment. Thank you, Connor. thank you connor Today, I'll provide an overview of our second quarter financial results, which demonstrated the advantage of our stable and predictable business model. today i'll provide an overview of our second quarter financial results which demonstrated the advantage of our stable and predictable business model I'll also discuss our strong fundraising performance and our balance sheet positioning. i'll also discuss our strong fundraising performance and our balance sheet positioning We delivered strong financial performance in the second quarter. we delivered strong financial performance in the second quarter Fee-bearing capital increased to $563 billion, up 10% year-over-year. fee-bearing capital increased to $563 billion up 10% year-over-year Over the last 12 months, fee-bearing capital inflows totaled $85 billion, of which $60 billion came from fundraising, and $25 billion came from deployment of uncalled commitments. over the last 12 months fee-bearing capital inflows totaled $85 billion of which $60 billion came from fundraising and $25 billion came from deployment of uncalled commitments We saw contributions from scaling our partner-manager platforms and growth of our listed affiliates' market caps. we saw contributions from scaling our partner-manager platforms and growth of our listed affiliates' market caps The strong growth in our capital base continues to drive the strong growth in our earnings. the strong growth in our capital base continues to drive the strong growth in our earnings One of the most unique features of our model is that fee-related earnings comprise nearly all of our distributable earnings, making our earnings highly stable and predictable, which is particularly valuable in today's environment. one of the most unique features of our model is that fee-related earnings comprise nearly all of our distributable earnings making our earnings highly stable and predictable which is particularly valuable in today's environment Fee-related earnings were $676 million, or $0.42 per share, and DE was $613 million, or $0.38 per share. That translates into 16% and 12% growth from the same period last year, respectively, with earnings partially offset by higher interest expense paid on our $750 million bond deal issued in the quarter and lower interest income as we've deployed our cash to acquire partner managers, which will pay off over the long term. Overall, growth has grown by strong fundraising, $97 billion over the last 12 months, and robust deployments. Notably, year to date, we've deployed over $85 billion of capital into investments, including over $50 billion of equity value. This has been a huge catalyst for our business, and we will continue to be active on the deployment front, given our robust pipeline. Fee-related earnings were $676 million, or $0.42 per share, and DE was $613 million, or $0.38 per share. fee-related earnings were $676 million or $0.42 per share and de was $613 million or $0.38 per share That translates into 16% and 12% growth from the same period last year, respectively, with earnings partially offset by higher interest expense paid on our $750 million bond deal issued in the quarter and lower interest income as we've deployed our cash to acquire partner managers, which will pay off over the long term. that translates into 16% and 12% growth from the same period last year respectively with earnings partially offset by higher interest expense paid on our $750 million bond deal issued in the quarter and lower interest income as we've deployed our cash to acquire partner managers which will pay off over the long term Overall, growth has grown by strong fundraising, $97 billion over the last 12 months, and robust deployments. overall growth has grown by strong fundraising $97 billion over the last 12 months and robust deployments Notably, year to date, we've deployed over $85 billion of capital into investments, including over $50 billion of equity value. notably year to date we've deployed over $85 billion of capital into investments including over $50 billion of equity value This has been a huge catalyst for our business, and we will continue to be active on the deployment front, given our robust pipeline. this has been a huge catalyst for our business and we will continue to be active on the deployment front given our robust pipeline The simplicity and consistency of our earnings, anchored almost entirely in reoccurring fees, gives us a strong foundation to continue to build from, especially as we grow further our capital base and launch new strategies. Lastly, on financials, our margin expanded 56%, up 1% from the prior year quarter. Let me spend a minute discussing some of our quarterly fundraising highlights. In total, we raised $22 billion of capital, bringing the 12-month fundraising total to $97 billion. Notably, almost three quarters of our fundraising for the quarter came from complementary strategies, demonstrating the growing diversity and strength of our product suite, which now provides consistent and increasing fundraising regardless of whether our flagships are in the market. Within renewable power and transition, we raised $1.5 billion, including over $800 million for the second vintage of our global transition flagship, bringing total capital raised to over $15 billion. The simplicity and consistency of our earnings, anchored almost entirely in reoccurring fees, gives us a strong foundation to continue to build from, especially as we grow further our capital base and launch new strategies. the simplicity and consistency of our earnings anchored almost entirely in reoccurring fees gives us a strong foundation to continue to build from especially as we grow further our capital base and launch new strategies Lastly, on financials, our margin expanded 56%, up 1% from the prior year quarter. lastly on financials our margin expanded 56% up 1% from the prior year quarter Let me spend a minute discussing some of our quarterly fundraising highlights. let me spend a minute discussing some of our quarterly fundraising highlights In total, we raised $22 billion of capital, bringing the 12-month fundraising total to $97 billion. in total we raised $22 billion of capital bringing the 12-month fundraising total to $97 billion Notably, almost three quarters of our fundraising for the quarter came from complementary strategies, demonstrating the growing diversity and strength of our product suite, which now provides consistent and increasing fundraising regardless of whether our flagships are in the market. notably almost three quarters of our fundraising for the quarter came from complementary strategies demonstrating the growing diversity and strength of our product suite which now provides consistent and increasing fundraising regardless of whether our flagships are in the market Within renewable power and transition, we raised $1.5 billion, including over $800 million for the second vintage of our global transition flagship, bringing total capital raised to over $15 billion. within renewable power and transition we raised $1.5 billion including over $800 million for the second vintage of our global transition flagship bringing total capital raised to over $15 billion This is already the world's largest energy transition strategy, and we will raise significantly more capital before our final close later this quarter. Infrastructure fundraising totaled $1.7 billion, including over $1 billion raised for our Super-Core Infrastructure strategy, the fund's largest quarter in over three years, and over $800 million raised for our private wealth infrastructure vehicle, which is the strongest quarter ever. In addition, we raised $1.3 billion across Private Equity Strategies and $1.8 billion across real estate strategies, including $500 million for the fifth vintage of our flagship real estate strategy. The scale and diversity of our fundraising, especially across our complementary funds, continues to show its strength. We will have strong fundraising tailwinds in the coming months, with two of our flagships currently in the market expecting final closes shortly. This is already the world's largest energy transition strategy, and we will raise significantly more capital before our final close later this quarter. this is already the world's largest energy transition strategy and we will raise significantly more capital before our final close later this quarter Infrastructure fundraising totaled $1.7 billion, including over $1 billion raised for our Super-Core Infrastructure strategy, the fund's largest quarter in over three years, and over $800 million raised for our private wealth infrastructure vehicle, which is the strongest quarter ever. infrastructure fundraising totaled $1.7 billion including over $1 billion raised for our super-core infrastructure strategy the fund's largest quarter in over three years and over $800 million raised for our private wealth infrastructure vehicle which is the strongest quarter ever In addition, we raised $1.3 billion across Private Equity Strategies and $1.8 billion across real estate strategies, including $500 million for the fifth vintage of our flagship real estate strategy. in addition we raised $1.3 billion across private equity strategies and $1.8 billion across real estate strategies including $500 million for the fifth vintage of our flagship real estate strategy The scale and diversity of our fundraising, especially across our complementary funds, continues to show its strength. the scale and diversity of our fundraising especially across our complementary funds continues to show its strength We will have strong fundraising tailwinds in the coming months, with two of our flagships currently in the market expecting final closes shortly. we will have strong fundraising tailwinds in the coming months with two of our flagships currently in the market expecting final closes shortly Turning now to private credit, where our platform continues to grow in both scale and capability, during the quarter, we raised $16 billion across our credit strategies. Our partner managers brought in over $10 billion, and we raised more than $4 billion from insurance accounts. We also raised over $800 million for the fourth vintage of our infrastructure mezzanine debt strategy, which will hold its first close shortly, bringing total capital raised to $4 billion. With more than $250 billion of fee-bearing credit capital, we manage one of the largest private credit franchises globally. Importantly, we have meaningful origination capabilities, having deployed and committed over $10 billion during the quarter and over $30 billion over the past year. Our platform is highly diversified across credit strategies, including asset-backed finance, opportunistic credit, and real asset lending. Turning now to private credit, where our platform continues to grow in both scale and capability, during the quarter, we raised $16 billion across our credit strategies. turning now to private credit where our platform continues to grow in both scale and capability during the quarter we raised $16 billion across our credit strategies Our partner managers brought in over $10 billion, and we raised more than $4 billion from insurance accounts. our partner managers brought in over $10 billion and we raised more than $4 billion from insurance accounts We also raised over $800 million for the fourth vintage of our infrastructure mezzanine debt strategy, which will hold its first close shortly, bringing total capital raised to $4 billion. we also raised over $800 million for the fourth vintage of our infrastructure mezzanine debt strategy which will hold its first close shortly bringing total capital raised to $4 billion With more than $250 billion of fee-bearing credit capital, we manage one of the largest private credit franchises globally. with more than $250 billion of fee-bearing credit capital we manage one of the largest private credit franchises globally Importantly, we have meaningful origination capabilities, having deployed and committed over $10 billion during the quarter and over $30 billion over the past year. importantly we have meaningful origination capabilities having deployed and committed over $10 billion during the quarter and over $30 billion over the past year Our platform is highly diversified across credit strategies, including asset-backed finance, opportunistic credit, and real asset lending. our platform is highly diversified across credit strategies including asset-backed finance opportunistic credit and real asset lending This diversity is key as it gives us the ability to remain disciplined when certain markets become commoditized or when risk-adjusted returns are less compelling, and to focus instead on areas where we see more attractive opportunities. Today, we continue to see strong demand in asset-backed finance and real asset, two areas that align closely with our strength: deploying large-scale capital with specialized underwriting capabilities or in sectors where we have deep domain expertise, like infrastructure, power, and real estate. These capabilities have also guided our partnership with managers who share our focus and can help expand our platform. In the quarter, we invested approximately $350 million towards buying and growing our partner managers, including an additional 9% stake in Primary Wave, our leading platform for music royalties, participating in the Castlelake-led acquisition of Concora, a specialty consumer credit manager and origination platform, and increasing our ownership in Oaktree. This diversity is key as it gives us the ability to remain disciplined when certain markets become commoditized or when risk-adjusted returns are less compelling, and to focus instead on areas where we see more attractive opportunities. this diversity is key as it gives us the ability to remain disciplined when certain markets become commoditized or when risk-adjusted returns are less compelling and to focus instead on areas where we see more attractive opportunities Today, we continue to see strong demand in asset-backed finance and real asset, two areas that align closely with our strength: deploying large-scale capital with specialized underwriting capabilities or in sectors where we have deep domain expertise, like infrastructure, power, and real estate. today we continue to see strong demand in asset-backed finance and real asset two areas that align closely with our strength deploying large-scale capital with specialized underwriting capabilities or in sectors where we have deep domain expertise like infrastructure power and real estate These capabilities have also guided our partnership with managers who share our focus and can help expand our platform. these capabilities have also guided our partnership with managers who share our focus and can help expand our platform In the quarter, we invested approximately $350 million towards buying and growing our partner managers, including an additional 9% stake in Primary Wave, our leading platform for music royalties, participating in the Castlelake-led acquisition of Concora, a specialty consumer credit manager and origination platform, and increasing our ownership in Oaktree. in the quarter we invested approximately $350 million towards buying and growing our partner managers including an additional 9% stake in primary wave our leading platform for music royalties participating in the castlelake-led acquisition of concora a specialty consumer credit manager and origination platform and increasing our ownership in oaktree Additionally, we expect to finalize our acquisition of a 50% stake in Angel Oak, a leader in non-qualified mortgage origination, later this quarter. These are high-quality, scalable platforms that enhance our credit capabilities and position us to continue delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. As for our balance sheet, at quarter end, we had $1.5 billion in liquidity. We continue to use our asset-light balance sheet to seed new products and support strategic partnerships, including the upcoming Angel Oak closing, with the goal of generating long-term, high-quality revenue streams. We were also pleased to be added to the Russell 1000 Index in June, a first step in our broader goal of achieving broader inclusion in the U.S. equity indices. We are prioritizing this initiative, and we believe we are well-positioned to continue making progress. Additionally, we expect to finalize our acquisition of a 50% stake in Angel Oak, a leader in non-qualified mortgage origination, later this quarter. additionally we expect to finalize our acquisition of a 50% stake in angel oak a leader in non-qualified mortgage origination later this quarter These are high-quality, scalable platforms that enhance our credit capabilities and position us to continue delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. these are high-quality scalable platforms that enhance our credit capabilities and position us to continue delivering strong risk-adjusted returns As for our balance sheet, at quarter end, we had $1.5 billion in liquidity. as for our balance sheet at quarter end we had $1.5 billion in liquidity We continue to use our asset-light balance sheet to seed new products and support strategic partnerships, including the upcoming Angel Oak closing, with the goal of generating long-term, high-quality revenue streams. we continue to use our asset-light balance sheet to seed new products and support strategic partnerships including the upcoming angel oak closing with the goal of generating long-term high-quality revenue streams We were also pleased to be added to the Russell 1000 Index in June, a first step in our broader goal of achieving broader inclusion in the U.S. equity indices. we were also pleased to be added to the russell 1000 index in june a first step in our broader goal of achieving broader inclusion in the u.s equity indices We are prioritizing this initiative, and we believe we are well-positioned to continue making progress. we are prioritizing this initiative and we believe we are well-positioned to continue making progress Lastly, we declared a quarterly dividend of $43.75 per share, payable to shareholders of record as of August 29. To close, we remain firmly on track with our long-term growth objectives. Our diversified platform, operational depth, and global reach continue to give us a competitive edge in today's environment. Our strategy is anchored in the mega trends of Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Deglobalization, and we're scaling into the areas where these trends intersect, particularly artificial intelligence infrastructure, energy transition, and critical real assets in essential businesses. We look forward to sharing more of these themes at our Investor Day on September 10th here in New York. Thank you for your continued support. Operator, we can open up to questions now. Lastly, we declared a quarterly dividend of $43.75 per share, payable to shareholders of record as of August 29. lastly we declared a quarterly dividend of $43.75 per share payable to shareholders of record as of august 29 To close, we remain firmly on track with our long-term growth objectives. to close we remain firmly on track with our long-term growth objectives Our diversified platform, operational depth, and global reach continue to give us a competitive edge in today's environment. our diversified platform operational depth and global reach continue to give us a competitive edge in today's environment Our strategy is anchored in the mega trends of Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Deglobalization, and we're scaling into the areas where these trends intersect, particularly artificial intelligence infrastructure, energy transition, and critical real assets in essential businesses. our strategy is anchored in the mega trends of digitalization decarbonization and deglobalization and we're scaling into the areas where these trends intersect particularly artificial intelligence infrastructure energy transition and critical real assets in essential businesses We look forward to sharing more of these themes at our Investor Day on September 10th here in New York. we look forward to sharing more of these themes at our investor day on september 10th here in new york Thank you for your continued support. thank you for your continued support Operator, we can open up to questions now. operator we can open up to questions now

Speaker 14: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, please press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please stand by. We compile the Q&A roster. Our first question will come from Michael Cyprys from Morgan Stanley. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you As a reminder, to ask a question, please press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. as a reminder to ask a question please press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. to withdraw your question please press star one one again Please stand by. please stand by We compile the Q&A roster. we compile the q&a roster Our first question will come from Michael Cyprys from Morgan Stanley. our first question will come from michael cyprys from morgan stanley Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 9: Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking the question. This is Barron Thomas on for Mike. I wanted to ask about the fundraising backdrop, how you see that progressing into the second half of this year and into 2026, and what you see as some of the key contributors there. Also, more broadly, how is the overall environment for raising capital evolving, given industry challenges around DPI? Thanks. Hi. hi Good morning. good morning Thanks for taking the question. thanks for taking the question This is Barron Thomas on for Mike. this is barron thomas on for mike I wanted to ask about the fundraising backdrop, how you see that progressing into the second half of this year and into 2026, and what you see as some of the key contributors there. i wanted to ask about the fundraising backdrop how you see that progressing into the second half of this year and into 2026 and what you see as some of the key contributors there Also, more broadly, how is the overall environment for raising capital evolving, given industry challenges around DPI? also more broadly how is the overall environment for raising capital evolving given industry challenges around dpi Thanks. thanks

Speaker 7: Good morning. Thank you for the question. We would characterize the fundraising environment as incredibly robust. To put it simply, we're raising more money in more places across more products than at any point in our history. That's both by geography and by asset class and product. As an example, year to date, we've raised twice as much capital in Europe as we did versus last year. Perhaps even more important and really characterized by this quarter is just the growth in terms of our complementary strategies. This quarter, approximately three quarters of our fundraising came from complementary strategies, showing the increasing diversity of our business and how these products are becoming a very critical and meaningful growth driver for our business. Flagships are going to continue to drive step changes in our growth and our profitability. Good morning. good morning Thank you for the question. thank you for the question We would characterize the fundraising environment as incredibly robust. we would characterize the fundraising environment as incredibly robust To put it simply, we're raising more money in more places across more products than at any point in our history. to put it simply we're raising more money in more places across more products than at any point in our history That's both by geography and by asset class and product. that's both by geography and by asset class and product As an example, year to date, we've raised twice as much capital in Europe as we did versus last year. as an example year to date we've raised twice as much capital in europe as we did versus last year Perhaps even more important and really characterized by this quarter is just the growth in terms of our complementary strategies. perhaps even more important and really characterized by this quarter is just the growth in terms of our complementary strategies This quarter, approximately three quarters of our fundraising came from complementary strategies, showing the increasing diversity of our business and how these products are becoming a very critical and meaningful growth driver for our business. this quarter approximately three quarters of our fundraising came from complementary strategies showing the increasing diversity of our business and how these products are becoming a very critical and meaningful growth driver for our business Flagships are going to continue to drive step changes in our growth and our profitability. flagships are going to continue to drive step changes in our growth and our profitability The growing number and growing size of our complementary products are providing greater stability and ongoing growth to our business. Where we sit today, we very much expect fundraising this year to be bigger than last year. The growing number and growing size of our complementary products are providing greater stability and ongoing growth to our business. the growing number and growing size of our complementary products are providing greater stability and ongoing growth to our business Where we sit today, we very much expect fundraising this year to be bigger than last year. where we sit today we very much expect fundraising this year to be bigger than last year

Speaker 9: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Cherilyn Radbourne from TD Cowen. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Cherilyn Radbourne from TD Cowen. our next question will come from cherilyn radbourne from td cowen Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 8: Thanks very much, and good morning. Connor, I wanted to pick up on the prospect for alternatives to gain access to the broader retirement market. I think there's been a lot of emphasis placed on distribution and shelf space thus far, but in the letter, you comment that ultimately you think the product offering will be the key determinant of success. Can you elaborate on that a bit more and comment on timing as well? Thanks very much, and good morning. thanks very much and good morning Connor, I wanted to pick up on the prospect for alternatives to gain access to the broader retirement market. connor i wanted to pick up on the prospect for alternatives to gain access to the broader retirement market I think there's been a lot of emphasis placed on distribution and shelf space thus far, but in the letter, you comment that ultimately you think the product offering will be the key determinant of success. i think there's been a lot of emphasis placed on distribution and shelf space thus far but in the letter you comment that ultimately you think the product offering will be the key determinant of success Can you elaborate on that a bit more and comment on timing as well? can you elaborate on that a bit more and comment on timing as well

Speaker 7: Perfect. Thank you for the question. You are absolutely correct. This is a major and significant growth opportunity for our business. We feel it will grow incrementally over the next several years and decades. You're right, there are two things of note. One, success in this space is going to be driven by those with the brand, the scale, and the track record. In this regard, we feel we're second to none. Secondly, we feel the winners are going to be determined by who has the right products to meet the needs of these investors and these new pools of capital. Here, our leadership in the right asset classes, notably real assets across infrastructure, power, real estate, and asset classes that have long-duration, inflation-protected cash flows, which within the alternative space absolutely make the most sense for retirement products. Perfect. perfect Thank you for the question. thank you for the question You are absolutely correct. you are absolutely correct This is a major and significant growth opportunity for our business. this is a major and significant growth opportunity for our business We feel it will grow incrementally over the next several years and decades. we feel it will grow incrementally over the next several years and decades You're right, there are two things of note. you're right there are two things of note One, success in this space is going to be driven by those with the brand, the scale, and the track record. one success in this space is going to be driven by those with the brand the scale and the track record In this regard, we feel we're second to none. in this regard we feel we're second to none Secondly, we feel the winners are going to be determined by who has the right products to meet the needs of these investors and these new pools of capital. secondly we feel the winners are going to be determined by who has the right products to meet the needs of these investors and these new pools of capital Here, our leadership in the right asset classes, notably real assets across infrastructure, power, real estate, and asset classes that have long-duration, inflation-protected cash flows, which within the alternative space absolutely make the most sense for retirement products. here our leadership in the right asset classes notably real assets across infrastructure power real estate and asset classes that have long-duration inflation-protected cash flows which within the alternative space absolutely make the most sense for retirement products At this point, our focus is utilizing our leadership in these key sectors to provide the right products across the right asset classes as this opportunity evolves. We have every intention to be a leader in the space as the opportunity grows. At this point, our focus is utilizing our leadership in these key sectors to provide the right products across the right asset classes as this opportunity evolves. at this point our focus is utilizing our leadership in these key sectors to provide the right products across the right asset classes as this opportunity evolves We have every intention to be a leader in the space as the opportunity grows. we have every intention to be a leader in the space as the opportunity grows

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Alex Blostein from Goldman Sachs. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Alex Blostein from Goldman Sachs. our next question will come from alex blostein from goldman sachs Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 6: Hey, guys. Hey, good morning. I was hoping we can spend a couple of minutes on insurance, obviously an important growth area for the firm. Two-part question there. I guess number one, we've seen generally increased competition and tighter credit spreads in the U.S. retail channel. How are you guys thinking about both growth in the U.S. retail with respect to kind of that $20 billion-ish target you've talked about in the past and the ability to ultimately pivot and rotate more assets into Brookfield strategies? I was hoping you could also hit on the Just acquisition and just kind of thinking what kind of footprint and the ambitions you might have in the U.K. market on the back of that deal. Hey, guys. hey guys Hey, good morning. hey good morning I was hoping we can spend a couple of minutes on insurance, obviously an important growth area for the firm. i was hoping we can spend a couple of minutes on insurance obviously an important growth area for the firm Two-part question there. two-part question there I guess number one, we've seen generally increased competition and tighter credit spreads in the U.S. retail channel. i guess number one we've seen generally increased competition and tighter credit spreads in the u.s retail channel How are you guys thinking about both growth in the U.S. retail with respect to kind of that $20 billion-ish target you've talked about in the past and the ability to ultimately pivot and rotate more assets into Brookfield strategies? how are you guys thinking about both growth in the u.s retail with respect to kind of that $20 billion-ish target you've talked about in the past and the ability to ultimately pivot and rotate more assets into brookfield strategies I was hoping you could also hit on the Just acquisition and just kind of thinking what kind of footprint and the ambitions you might have in the U.K. market on the back of that deal. i was hoping you could also hit on the just acquisition and just kind of thinking what kind of footprint and the ambitions you might have in the u.k market on the back of that deal

Speaker 7: Thanks, Alex. Maybe taking that all together, in terms of the Just Group transaction, for everyone's benefit, Brookfield Wealth Solutions last week announced an agreement to acquire Just Group, a leader and provider of U.K. retirement products. If this transaction is successful in closing, we could expect to manage a significant portion of Just's $35 billion-plus portfolio under our existing IMA with BWS. This would add immediate, high-quality, stable fee-bearing capital under our platform. Perhaps most important is we feel this transaction again highlights an underappreciated benefit and an underappreciated upside for Brookfield Asset Management, which is as BWS continues to scale, we get to partner with them on that growth and scale our asset management activities to support their business. We get to do so without the need to invest capital or take on insurance liabilities. While these transactions are somewhat discrete, that is absolutely a growth platform. Thanks, Alex. thanks alex Maybe taking that all together, in terms of the Just Group transaction, for everyone's benefit, Brookfield Wealth Solutions last week announced an agreement to acquire Just Group, a leader and provider of U.K. retirement products. maybe taking that all together in terms of the just group transaction for everyone's benefit brookfield wealth solutions last week announced an agreement to acquire just group a leader and provider of u.k retirement products If this transaction is successful in closing, we could expect to manage a significant portion of Just's $35 billion-plus portfolio under our existing IMA with BWS. if this transaction is successful in closing we could expect to manage a significant portion of just's $35 billion-plus portfolio under our existing ima with bws This would add immediate, high-quality, stable fee-bearing capital under our platform. this would add immediate high-quality stable fee-bearing capital under our platform Perhaps most important is we feel this transaction again highlights an underappreciated benefit and an underappreciated upside for Brookfield Asset Management, which is as BWS continues to scale, we get to partner with them on that growth and scale our asset management activities to support their business. perhaps most important is we feel this transaction again highlights an underappreciated benefit and an underappreciated upside for brookfield asset management which is as bws continues to scale we get to partner with them on that growth and scale our asset management activities to support their business We get to do so without the need to invest capital or take on insurance liabilities. we get to do so without the need to invest capital or take on insurance liabilities While these transactions are somewhat discrete, that is absolutely a growth platform. while these transactions are somewhat discrete that is absolutely a growth platform It grew first in the U.S. Now it's growing in the U.K. There's the potential that it will grow in other markets around the world. We certainly will look to benefit and prosper and grow alongside that business. In terms of what we're seeing in the United States and the ability for that business to grow, we very much feel it's consistent with what we've said in the past. Yes, there are other market participants in the space, but the underlying fundamentals are incredibly robust. There is more demand for these types of products today than ever before. There will be more demand next year than there is this year. By having leading platforms, we are well-positioned to capture our portion or more of that long-term growth trend. It grew first in the U.S. it grew first in the u.s Now it's growing in the U.K. now it's growing in the u.k There's the potential that it will grow in other markets around the world. there's the potential that it will grow in other markets around the world We certainly will look to benefit and prosper and grow alongside that business. we certainly will look to benefit and prosper and grow alongside that business In terms of what we're seeing in the United States and the ability for that business to grow, we very much feel it's consistent with what we've said in the past. in terms of what we're seeing in the united states and the ability for that business to grow we very much feel it's consistent with what we've said in the past Yes, there are other market participants in the space, but the underlying fundamentals are incredibly robust. yes there are other market participants in the space but the underlying fundamentals are incredibly robust There is more demand for these types of products today than ever before. there is more demand for these types of products today than ever before There will be more demand next year than there is this year. there will be more demand next year than there is this year By having leading platforms, we are well-positioned to capture our portion or more of that long-term growth trend. by having leading platforms we are well-positioned to capture our portion or more of that long-term growth trend

Speaker 4: Maybe I'll just add to Connor's remarks and talk a little bit about what we're seeing in credit, specifically in deploying that capital, because obviously credit is a big area for us. We manage over $300 billion, a major player. We see significant growth, especially around our core competencies. That's around asset-backed finance, real assets, and opportunistic credit. These are areas where we've had a long history of investing, competitive advantages around the origination side, and of course, the deep expertise that we bring, plus the ability to structure complex investment opportunities with appropriate downside protection. We maintain a disciplined approach, and these areas are less commoditized and less exposed to spread compression. Maybe I'll just add to Connor's remarks and talk a little bit about what we're seeing in credit, specifically in deploying that capital, because obviously credit is a big area for us. maybe i'll just add to connor's remarks and talk a little bit about what we're seeing in credit specifically in deploying that capital because obviously credit is a big area for us We manage over $300 billion, a major player. we manage over $300 billion a major player We see significant growth, especially around our core competencies. we see significant growth especially around our core competencies That's around asset-backed finance, real assets, and opportunistic credit. that's around asset-backed finance real assets and opportunistic credit These are areas where we've had a long history of investing, competitive advantages around the origination side, and of course, the deep expertise that we bring, plus the ability to structure complex investment opportunities with appropriate downside protection. these are areas where we've had a long history of investing competitive advantages around the origination side and of course the deep expertise that we bring plus the ability to structure complex investment opportunities with appropriate downside protection We maintain a disciplined approach, and these areas are less commoditized and less exposed to spread compression. we maintain a disciplined approach and these areas are less commoditized and less exposed to spread compression When you look at, as an example, the asset-backed finance market, which about 10% is made up of private credit, and that's a growing area, infrastructure is really feeling the deployment on the credit side related to the three Ds as well, the mega trends that we've been seeing. Real estate and opportunistic are also finding opportunities with bad capital structures and a growing need for tailored financing, which is a big driver. Overall, we feel very good about deploying these opportunities with very strong discipline and attractive risk-adjusted returns where we're not getting caught up in spread compression, which is valuable for all types of our investors, including the institutional and retail market. When you look at, as an example, the asset-backed finance market, which about 10% is made up of private credit, and that's a growing area, infrastructure is really feeling the deployment on the credit side related to the three Ds as well, the mega trends that we've been seeing. when you look at as an example the asset-backed finance market which about 10% is made up of private credit and that's a growing area infrastructure is really feeling the deployment on the credit side related to the three ds as well the mega trends that we've been seeing Real estate and opportunistic are also finding opportunities with bad capital structures and a growing need for tailored financing, which is a big driver. real estate and opportunistic are also finding opportunities with bad capital structures and a growing need for tailored financing which is a big driver Overall, we feel very good about deploying these opportunities with very strong discipline and attractive risk-adjusted returns where we're not getting caught up in spread compression, which is valuable for all types of our investors, including the institutional and retail market. overall we feel very good about deploying these opportunities with very strong discipline and attractive risk-adjusted returns where we're not getting caught up in spread compression which is valuable for all types of our investors including the institutional and retail market

Speaker 6: Very helpful. Thank you. Very helpful. very helpful Thank you. thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Bart Dziariski from RBC Capital Markets. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Bart Dziariski from RBC Capital Markets. our next question will come from bart dziariski from rbc capital markets Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 17: Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking the question. I wanted to follow up on the fundraising commentary, just specifically diving into the Evergreen Private Equity Strategy. Given your position within the retail channel and the strengths you called out there, how are you thinking about, you know, if we see success on the PE Evergreen Fundraise, what that could mean for BBU in terms of maybe going into an Evergreen structure? Thanks. Hi. hi Good morning. good morning Thanks for taking the question. thanks for taking the question I wanted to follow up on the fundraising commentary, just specifically diving into the Evergreen Private Equity Strategy. i wanted to follow up on the fundraising commentary just specifically diving into the evergreen private equity strategy Given your position within the retail channel and the strengths you called out there, how are you thinking about, you know, if we see success on the PE Evergreen Fundraise, what that could mean for BBU in terms of maybe going into an Evergreen structure? given your position within the retail channel and the strengths you called out there how are you thinking about you know if we see success on the pe evergreen fundraise what that could mean for bbu in terms of maybe going into an evergreen structure Thanks. thanks

Speaker 7: There is no doubt that we view the semi-liquid private evergreen PE strategy as complementary and additive to our product suite within Private Equity. We were able to leverage our existing positions in order to seed that strategy. We think that will put it in a position to launch with success and grow faster. The reality is having more products that can meet more different investment types and investor needs will allow us to do more transactions in the space. The other point that we would highlight is our approach to Private Equity, which is very much focused on high-quality industrial and services business, strong cash generation, less focused on growth or significantly leveraged Private Equity Strategies. There is no doubt that we view the semi-liquid private evergreen PE strategy as complementary and additive to our product suite within Private Equity. there is no doubt that we view the semi-liquid private evergreen pe strategy as complementary and additive to our product suite within private equity We were able to leverage our existing positions in order to seed that strategy. we were able to leverage our existing positions in order to seed that strategy We think that will put it in a position to launch with success and grow faster. we think that will put it in a position to launch with success and grow faster The reality is having more products that can meet more different investment types and investor needs will allow us to do more transactions in the space. the reality is having more products that can meet more different investment types and investor needs will allow us to do more transactions in the space The other point that we would highlight is our approach to Private Equity, which is very much focused on high-quality industrial and services business, strong cash generation, less focused on growth or significantly leveraged Private Equity Strategies. the other point that we would highlight is our approach to private equity which is very much focused on high-quality industrial and services business strong cash generation less focused on growth or significantly leveraged private equity strategies We feel it is incredibly well-suited to the current point in the market and also incredibly well-suited for the growing number of investors that are looking to get access to Private Equity exposure, whether that be retail investors or potentially in the future, things like 401(k) accounts. We feel it is incredibly well-suited to the current point in the market and also incredibly well-suited for the growing number of investors that are looking to get access to Private Equity exposure, whether that be retail investors or potentially in the future, things like 401(k) accounts. we feel it is incredibly well-suited to the current point in the market and also incredibly well-suited for the growing number of investors that are looking to get access to private equity exposure whether that be retail investors or potentially in the future things like 401(k) accounts

Speaker 17: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Kenneth Worthington from JPMorgan. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Kenneth Worthington from JP Morgan. our next question will come from kenneth worthington from jp morgan Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 13: Hi. Good morning. I wanted to follow up on Cherilyn's retirement question. You highlighted the 401(k) opportunity specifically in your shareholder letter and the prepared remarks as part of that retirement opportunity. Is the 401(k) channel something specifically that Brookfield wants to pursue? If so, what is your approach to pursuing this? There seems to be a lot of different angles that one could take, whether it's target date funds, advisor manager towns, record keepers. How are you thinking about it if, in fact, you are going to go after that channel? If so, is partnership something that you feel is important to success here? Hi. hi Good morning. good morning I wanted to follow up on Cherilyn's retirement question. i wanted to follow up on cherilyn's retirement question You highlighted the 401(k) opportunity specifically in your shareholder letter and the prepared remarks as part of that retirement opportunity. you highlighted the 401(k) opportunity specifically in your shareholder letter and the prepared remarks as part of that retirement opportunity Is the 401(k) channel something specifically that Brookfield wants to pursue? is the 401(k) channel something specifically that brookfield wants to pursue If so, what is your approach to pursuing this? if so what is your approach to pursuing this There seems to be a lot of different angles that one could take, whether it's target date funds, advisor manager towns, record keepers. there seems to be a lot of different angles that one could take whether it's target date funds advisor manager towns record keepers How are you thinking about it if, in fact, you are going to go after that channel? how are you thinking about it if in fact you are going to go after that channel If so, is partnership something that you feel is important to success here? if so is partnership something that you feel is important to success here

Speaker 7: We absolutely expect to go after this opportunity. At this point, we would look to do so across all channels. Piggybacking on the previous question and our comments in the script and on the letter, we believe the most important thing for success here is having the right products. That is where we are focused. Right now, the environment and the objectives of what people are trying to meet continue to remain fluid. Our view is, given our leadership and the right types of alternatives to put into these new accounts, as well as the products that we can create, given the breadth and depth of our platform, we should be extremely well-positioned. There have been some partnerships announced in the space, and that's great. It shows a very constructive direction of travel for more alternatives going into these pools of capital. We absolutely expect to go after this opportunity. we absolutely expect to go after this opportunity At this point, we would look to do so across all channels. at this point we would look to do so across all channels Piggybacking on the previous question and our comments in the script and on the letter, we believe the most important thing for success here is having the right products. piggybacking on the previous question and our comments in the script and on the letter we believe the most important thing for success here is having the right products That is where we are focused. that is where we are focused Right now, the environment and the objectives of what people are trying to meet continue to remain fluid. right now the environment and the objectives of what people are trying to meet continue to remain fluid Our view is, given our leadership and the right types of alternatives to put into these new accounts, as well as the products that we can create, given the breadth and depth of our platform, we should be extremely well-positioned. our view is given our leadership and the right types of alternatives to put into these new accounts as well as the products that we can create given the breadth and depth of our platform we should be extremely well-positioned There have been some partnerships announced in the space, and that's great. there have been some partnerships announced in the space and that's great It shows a very constructive direction of travel for more alternatives going into these pools of capital. it shows a very constructive direction of travel for more alternatives going into these pools of capital We feel that this is going to be an opportunity that is created over an extended period of time, several years and decades. None of those partnerships, to the best of our knowledge, are exclusive. We feel if we have the best products and the right leadership position, we'll be well-positioned to capture this opportunity in the years to come. We feel that this is going to be an opportunity that is created over an extended period of time, several years and decades. we feel that this is going to be an opportunity that is created over an extended period of time several years and decades None of those partnerships, to the best of our knowledge, are exclusive. none of those partnerships to the best of our knowledge are exclusive We feel if we have the best products and the right leadership position, we'll be well-positioned to capture this opportunity in the years to come. we feel if we have the best products and the right leadership position we'll be well-positioned to capture this opportunity in the years to come

Speaker 13: OK. Great. That makes sense. Thank you. OK. ok Great. great That makes sense. that makes sense Thank you. thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Crispin Love from Piper Sandler. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Crispin Love from Piper Sandler. our next question will come from crispin love from piper sandler Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 11: Thank you. Good morning. Appreciate taking the questions. Can you share your latest thoughts in real estate? It's been a tougher area in recent years, but seems to be getting better. Curious what you're seeing with regards to investor appetite, deployment, and also realization opportunities, and what areas you're most interested in today across real estate. Thank you. thank you Good morning. good morning Appreciate taking the questions. appreciate taking the questions Can you share your latest thoughts in real estate? can you share your latest thoughts in real estate It's been a tougher area in recent years, but seems to be getting better. it's been a tougher area in recent years but seems to be getting better Curious what you're seeing with regards to investor appetite, deployment, and also realization opportunities, and what areas you're most interested in today across real estate. curious what you're seeing with regards to investor appetite deployment and also realization opportunities and what areas you're most interested in today across real estate

Speaker 7: Chris, welcome to the call. Thanks for joining. Maybe just to start with some stats around what we're seeing in our real estate platform. When we talk about the strength we're seeing, it's backed by a bit of data. Deployment in real estate year to date is up 2x versus last year. Monetizations year to date are up 4x versus last year. Across our office portfolio in recent months, we've signed our highest leases ever, not this year, our highest leases ever in both New York and London. I think that stat would probably pertain to almost every other major market around the world. The last thing we would highlight is perhaps the most important, that the capital markets that support real estate are now increasingly liquid and very robust. We're seeing some of the financings we've done in certain asset classes come in. Chris, welcome to the call. chris welcome to the call Thanks for joining. thanks for joining Maybe just to start with some stats around what we're seeing in our real estate platform. maybe just to start with some stats around what we're seeing in our real estate platform When we talk about the strength we're seeing, it's backed by a bit of data. when we talk about the strength we're seeing it's backed by a bit of data Deployment in real estate year to date is up 2x versus last year. deployment in real estate year to date is up 2x versus last year Monetizations year to date are up 4x versus last year. monetizations year to date are up 4x versus last year Across our office portfolio in recent months, we've signed our highest leases ever, not this year, our highest leases ever in both New York and London. across our office portfolio in recent months we've signed our highest leases ever not this year our highest leases ever in both new york and london I think that stat would probably pertain to almost every other major market around the world. i think that stat would probably pertain to almost every other major market around the world The last thing we would highlight is perhaps the most important, that the capital markets that support real estate are now increasingly liquid and very robust. the last thing we would highlight is perhaps the most important that the capital markets that support real estate are now increasingly liquid and very robust We're seeing some of the financings we've done in certain asset classes come in. we're seeing some of the financings we've done in certain asset classes come in The numbers are quite staggering, anywhere between 300 basis points and 450 basis points versus financings that we were doing as recently as 18 to 24 months ago. In terms of the momentum of our real estate business, we are seeing an incredibly robust recovery. Maybe to put some context around that, when we talk about the monetization activity we're seeing in real estate, the way we would frame it is the ability to exit is expanding very rapidly, but it's still a very discerning market. Investors are willing to pay full value for high-quality platforms that can drive growth in years to come as this market recovers. The read-through to the broader industry is we are still in the early stages of a very robust recovery. We feel it's perfect for our business model. We can still find some very attractive opportunities to deploy capital. The numbers are quite staggering, anywhere between 300 basis points and 450 basis points versus financings that we were doing as recently as 18 to 24 months ago. the numbers are quite staggering anywhere between 300 basis points and 450 basis points versus financings that we were doing as recently as 18 to 24 months ago In terms of the momentum of our real estate business, we are seeing an incredibly robust recovery. in terms of the momentum of our real estate business we are seeing an incredibly robust recovery Maybe to put some context around that, when we talk about the monetization activity we're seeing in real estate, the way we would frame it is the ability to exit is expanding very rapidly, but it's still a very discerning market. maybe to put some context around that when we talk about the monetization activity we're seeing in real estate the way we would frame it is the ability to exit is expanding very rapidly but it's still a very discerning market Investors are willing to pay full value for high-quality platforms that can drive growth in years to come as this market recovers. investors are willing to pay full value for high-quality platforms that can drive growth in years to come as this market recovers The read-through to the broader industry is we are still in the early stages of a very robust recovery. the read-through to the broader industry is we are still in the early stages of a very robust recovery We feel it's perfect for our business model. we feel it's perfect for our business model We can still find some very attractive opportunities to deploy capital. we can still find some very attractive opportunities to deploy capital We feel the timing of our most recent flagship fundraise, which is just wrapping up now, is perfect. We can use our capabilities to buy and step into the tail of opportunities that still exist, while at the same time monetize more pristine cash-flowing assets into an increasingly robust and high-demand market. The recovery is absolutely underway and very robust. We think it's got a long way to run, and we expect to continue to see strength out of our platform. We feel the timing of our most recent flagship fundraise, which is just wrapping up now, is perfect. we feel the timing of our most recent flagship fundraise which is just wrapping up now is perfect We can use our capabilities to buy and step into the tail of opportunities that still exist, while at the same time monetize more pristine cash-flowing assets into an increasingly robust and high-demand market. we can use our capabilities to buy and step into the tail of opportunities that still exist while at the same time monetize more pristine cash-flowing assets into an increasingly robust and high-demand market The recovery is absolutely underway and very robust. the recovery is absolutely underway and very robust We think it's got a long way to run, and we expect to continue to see strength out of our platform. we think it's got a long way to run and we expect to continue to see strength out of our platform

Speaker 11: Great. Thank you. I appreciate all that color. Great. great Thank you. thank you I appreciate all that color. i appreciate all that color

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Brian Bedell from Deutsche Bank. Your line is now open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Brian Bedell from Deutsche Bank. our next question will come from brian bedell from deutsche bank Your line is now open. your line is now open

Speaker 5: Great. Thanks for taking my question. Maybe one for Hadley. Just switch gears a little bit to the expense outlook. Good to see the expense control and margin improving. If you can comment on whether you think this, I think we're about at a 10% year-over-year expense growth pace, if you also see that continuing in the back half of the year, and then how you see the FRE margin expanding into next year, whether we can get to a 60% level at some point. I know that that might be a little bit futuristic. Also on the acquiring the additional stakes in the partnerships, I think that was about a $250 million FRE upside potential that you outlined in the Investor Day last year. Where are we on that path? I think Angel Oak is incremental to that $250, if you can confirm that. Great. great Thanks for taking my question. thanks for taking my question Maybe one for Hadley. maybe one for hadley Just switch gears a little bit to the expense outlook. just switch gears a little bit to the expense outlook Good to see the expense control and margin improving. good to see the expense control and margin improving If you can comment on whether you think this, I think we're about at a 10% year-over-year expense growth pace, if you also see that continuing in the back half of the year, and then how you see the FRE margin expanding into next year, whether we can get to a 60% level at some point. if you can comment on whether you think this i think we're about at a 10% year-over-year expense growth pace if you also see that continuing in the back half of the year and then how you see the fre margin expanding into next year whether we can get to a 60% level at some point I know that that might be a little bit futuristic. i know that that might be a little bit futuristic Also on the acquiring the additional stakes in the partnerships, I think that was about a $250 million FRE upside potential that you outlined in the Investor Day last year. also on the acquiring the additional stakes in the partnerships i think that was about a $250 million fre upside potential that you outlined in the investor day last year Where are we on that path? where are we on that path I think Angel Oak is incremental to that $250, if you can confirm that. i think angel oak is incremental to that $250 if you can confirm that

Speaker 4: These are good questions. On the margin front and on our cost, yeah, that 10% does include a little bit of build. As you know, we've been in building mode around different areas, accessing the retail channel as an example on the fundraising front, our credit platform as we grow our renewable strategy. You're seeing that operating leverage that's built into the business pay off on the margin front. We are up 1%, and that does make a difference. The margins are also impacted by the mix of our businesses. As an example, when we acquire more of our partner managers at very attractive levels, when we do acquire them, they generally come at low margins. We're also in a cycle where our opportunistic business is returning on a relative basis a significant amount of capital while they build into their deployment. These are good questions. these are good questions On the margin front and on our cost, yeah, that 10% does include a little bit of build. on the margin front and on our cost yeah that 10% does include a little bit of build As you know, we've been in building mode around different areas, accessing the retail channel as an example on the fundraising front, our credit platform as we grow our renewable strategy. as you know we've been in building mode around different areas accessing the retail channel as an example on the fundraising front our credit platform as we grow our renewable strategy You're seeing that operating leverage that's built into the business pay off on the margin front. you're seeing that operating leverage that's built into the business pay off on the margin front We are up 1%, and that does make a difference. we are up 1% and that does make a difference The margins are also impacted by the mix of our businesses. the margins are also impacted by the mix of our businesses As an example, when we acquire more of our partner managers at very attractive levels, when we do acquire them, they generally come at low margins. as an example when we acquire more of our partner managers at very attractive levels when we do acquire them they generally come at low margins We're also in a cycle where our opportunistic business is returning on a relative basis a significant amount of capital while they build into their deployment. we're also in a cycle where our opportunistic business is returning on a relative basis a significant amount of capital while they build into their deployment Getting to your question around the rest of the year and just kind of overall long term, we see expenses around that 10% level as we continue to do a little bit of the building, but a steady state kind of as we move forward and meeting our long-term goals from that perspective. That's critical for the business as we look out over the five years. On your second question related to the $250 million attached to the FRE that we have options against with our partner managers, you're right, Angel Oak did not exist at that time, so that was not included in that. We're just really in the early part of that because we bought a small portion of Oaktree, 1.5%. We bought a little bit more Primary Wave that takes us to about 44%. Getting to your question around the rest of the year and just kind of overall long term, we see expenses around that 10% level as we continue to do a little bit of the building, but a steady state kind of as we move forward and meeting our long-term goals from that perspective. getting to your question around the rest of the year and just kind of overall long term we see expenses around that 10% level as we continue to do a little bit of the building but a steady state kind of as we move forward and meeting our long-term goals from that perspective That's critical for the business as we look out over the five years. that's critical for the business as we look out over the five years On your second question related to the $250 million attached to the FRE that we have options against with our partner managers, you're right, Angel Oak did not exist at that time, so that was not included in that. on your second question related to the $250 million attached to the fre that we have options against with our partner managers you're right angel oak did not exist at that time so that was not included in that We're just really in the early part of that because we bought a small portion of Oaktree, 1.5%. we're just really in the early part of that because we bought a small portion of oaktree 1.5% We bought a little bit more Primary Wave that takes us to about 44%. we bought a little bit more primary wave that takes us to about 44% There's a lot more attached to that that can generate additional FRE growth, again, at very attractive multiples. There's a lot more attached to that that can generate additional FRE growth, again, at very attractive multiples. there's a lot more attached to that that can generate additional fre growth again at very attractive multiples

Speaker 5: Great, thank you. Great, thank you. great thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Dan Fannon from Jefferies. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Dan Fannon from Jefferies. our next question will come from dan fannon from jefferies Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 3: Good morning. This is Rick Roy on for Dan Fannon. If I could start with maybe a housekeeping item in fundraising first and then ask a follow-up for the Wealth Channel. You know that you expect to launch your flagship PE and infrastructure fundraisers shortly after the AI infrastructure rollout. I believe last quarter you mentioned that the upcoming PE flagship was still on track for 2025. Given kind of the new developments and new strategies that have been announced, do you think about a slight push-out of this BCP flagship into 2026, or are you still, I guess, accounting for a second-half story there? Good morning. good morning This is Rick Roy on for Dan Fannon. this is rick roy on for dan fannon If I could start with maybe a housekeeping item in fundraising first and then ask a follow-up for the Wealth Channel. if i could start with maybe a housekeeping item in fundraising first and then ask a follow-up for the wealth channel You know that you expect to launch your flagship PE and infrastructure fundraisers shortly after the AI infrastructure rollout. you know that you expect to launch your flagship pe and infrastructure fundraisers shortly after the ai infrastructure rollout I believe last quarter you mentioned that the upcoming PE flagship was still on track for 2025. i believe last quarter you mentioned that the upcoming pe flagship was still on track for 2025 Given kind of the new developments and new strategies that have been announced, do you think about a slight push-out of this BCP flagship into 2026, or are you still, I guess, accounting for a second-half story there? given kind of the new developments and new strategies that have been announced do you think about a slight push-out of this bcp flagship into 2026 or are you still i guess accounting for a second-half story there

Speaker 7: On both of our next iterations of our flagship PE and infra, PE we absolutely expect to launch this year, infra either late this year or early part of next year with large, meaningful first closes in 2026. On both of our next iterations of our flagship PE and infra, PE we absolutely expect to launch this year, infra either late this year or early part of next year with large, meaningful first closes in 2026. on both of our next iterations of our flagship pe and infra pe we absolutely expect to launch this year infra either late this year or early part of next year with large meaningful first closes in 2026

Speaker 3: Understood. More on the Wealth Channel, lots have been talked about by my peers. Given the recent succeeding of the PE vehicle, are you able to size your expectations for demand for that and the asset-backed finance products relative to the $30 billion raised from BWS this year? Maybe expanding upon the expense, the margin discussion from earlier and your previous comments on investing in defined contribution, where are you in your investment cycle for the Wealth Channel? Thinking about 2023 as an era of spend and depressed margins in that context, how should we think about where you are in that cycle and how that might impact margins a little bit more near term? Thank you. Understood. understood More on the Wealth Channel, lots have been talked about by my peers. more on the wealth channel lots have been talked about by my peers Given the recent succeeding of the PE vehicle, are you able to size your expectations for demand for that and the asset-backed finance products relative to the $30 billion raised from BWS this year? given the recent succeeding of the pe vehicle are you able to size your expectations for demand for that and the asset-backed finance products relative to the $30 billion raised from bws this year Maybe expanding upon the expense, the margin discussion from earlier and your previous comments on investing in defined contribution, where are you in your investment cycle for the Wealth Channel? maybe expanding upon the expense the margin discussion from earlier and your previous comments on investing in defined contribution where are you in your investment cycle for the wealth channel Thinking about 2023 as an era of spend and depressed margins in that context, how should we think about where you are in that cycle and how that might impact margins a little bit more near term? thinking about 2023 as an era of spend and depressed margins in that context how should we think about where you are in that cycle and how that might impact margins a little bit more near term Thank you. thank you

Speaker 7: I'll perhaps try and wrap all of that into three points. We have now launched our semi-liquid PE strategy. It's now in the market. We expect to have our first closes in the latter part of this year. In terms of total capital raised, if we break the $30 billion out and we focus just on what we generate through retail or Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions, we very much expect to hit our target of $10 billion for the year. We're seeing incredible strength in that channel. The last point to tie it all together, when Hadley talks about expense and investing for the future, unequivocally, the place where we are putting the most investment through expense is to target this retail and individual investor channel over the long term. I'll perhaps try and wrap all of that into three points. i'll perhaps try and wrap all of that into three points We have now launched our semi-liquid PE strategy. we have now launched our semi-liquid pe strategy It's now in the market. it's now in the market We expect to have our first closes in the latter part of this year. we expect to have our first closes in the latter part of this year In terms of total capital raised, if we break the $30 billion out and we focus just on what we generate through retail or Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions, we very much expect to hit our target of $10 billion for the year. in terms of total capital raised if we break the $30 billion out and we focus just on what we generate through retail or brookfield oaktree wealth solutions we very much expect to hit our target of $10 billion for the year We're seeing incredible strength in that channel. we're seeing incredible strength in that channel The last point to tie it all together, when Hadley talks about expense and investing for the future, unequivocally, the place where we are putting the most investment through expense is to target this retail and individual investor channel over the long term. the last point to tie it all together when hadley talks about expense and investing for the future unequivocally the place where we are putting the most investment through expense is to target this retail and individual investor channel over the long term

Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Mario Saric from Scotiabank. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Mario Saric from Scotiabank. our next question will come from mario saric from scotiabank Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 2: Hi. Good morning, and thank you for taking the question. I did want to come back to the individual allocation seeing the democratization of alternatives, as you put it. How do you see the ramp-ups in that demand relative to the ramp-up that you saw with respect to institutional allocations rising to alts over the past 5, 10, 15 years in terms of timing? The second part of the question would be, how much of this opportunity would you say is already embedded in your five-year Investor Day forecast as it pertains to the 16%-17% fee-bearing capital and fee-related earnings bars that you laid out last attempt? Hi. hi good Good morning, and thank you for taking the question. hi good morning and thank you for taking the question I did want to come back to the individual allocation seeing the democratization of alternatives, as you put it. i did want to come back to the individual allocation seeing the democratization of alternatives as you put it How do you see the ramp-ups in that demand relative to the ramp-up that you saw with respect to institutional allocations rising to alts over the past 5, 10, 15 years in terms of timing? how do you see the ramp-ups in that demand relative to the ramp-up that you saw with respect to institutional allocations rising to alts over the past 5 10 15 years in terms of timing The second part of the question would be, how much of this opportunity would you say is already embedded in your five-year Investor Day forecast as it pertains to the 16% - 17% fee-bearing capital and fee-related earnings bars that you laid out last attempt? the second part of the question would be how much of this opportunity would you say is already embedded in your five-year investor day forecast as it pertains to the 16% - 17% fee-bearing capital and fee-related earnings bars that you laid out last attempt

Speaker 7: Thanks, Mario. The opportunity for increased allocation to alternatives from what we will call individual investors, again, we will reiterate, we view it as incredibly significant, perhaps matching and exceeding in size over the long term what is available from institutional investors. It will take time. This will grow incrementally over years and decades to come. The actual process of including these still needs to, the regulation needs to be adjusted. The products need to be formed. It is a very large opportunity, but it is an incremental one in the early years that expands into a very significant one in later years. The other point in context of your question is it's important to recognize that institutional allocations to alternatives are still going up. We do not see that slowing down anytime soon at any point in kind of our short or medium-term plans. Thanks, Mario. thanks mario The opportunity for increased allocation to alternatives from what we will call individual investors, again, we will reiterate, we view it as incredibly significant, perhaps matching and exceeding in size over the long term what is available from institutional investors. the opportunity for increased allocation to alternatives from what we will call individual investors again we will reiterate we view it as incredibly significant perhaps matching and exceeding in size over the long term what is available from institutional investors It will take time. it will take time This will grow incrementally over years and decades to come. this will grow incrementally over years and decades to come The actual process of including these still needs to, the regulation needs to be adjusted. the actual process of including these still needs to the regulation needs to be adjusted The products need to be formed. the products need to be formed It is a very large opportunity, but it is an incremental one in the early years that expands into a very significant one in later years. it is a very large opportunity but it is an incremental one in the early years that expands into a very significant one in later years The other point in context of your question is it's important to recognize that institutional allocations to alternatives are still going up. the other point in context of your question is it's important to recognize that institutional allocations to alternatives are still going up We do not see that slowing down anytime soon at any point in kind of our short or medium-term plans. we do not see that slowing down anytime soon at any point in kind of our short or medium-term plans In terms of comparing the individual to the institutional, it's tough to do those at this point, but only to say we see the retail growing incrementally at first and then scaling very rapidly in the future. On the institutional side, we still see increasing demand there. In terms of comparing the individual to the institutional, it's tough to do those at this point, but only to say we see the retail growing incrementally at first and then scaling very rapidly in the future. in terms of comparing the individual to the institutional it's tough to do those at this point but only to say we see the retail growing incrementally at first and then scaling very rapidly in the future On the institutional side, we still see increasing demand there. on the institutional side we still see increasing demand there

Speaker 2: OK, thank you. OK, thank you. ok thank you

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Jaeme Gloyn from NBF. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Jaeme Gloyn from NBF. our next question will come from jaeme gloyn from nbf Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 16: Yeah, thanks. Good morning. Just wanted to get a sense with the Just acquisition and more broadly, what are the requirements and then timelines to be able to shift some of these lower fee rate assets that are managed currently in-house by Just or others into the BAM private funds to enhance yields above the standard IMA fee rates? Yeah, thanks. yeah thanks Good morning. good morning Just wanted to get a sense with the Just acquisition and more broadly, what are the requirements and then timelines to be able to shift some of these lower fee rate assets that are managed currently in-house by Just or others into the BAM private funds to enhance yields above the standard IMA fee rates? just wanted to get a sense with the just acquisition and more broadly what are the requirements and then timelines to be able to shift some of these lower fee rate assets that are managed currently in-house by just or others into the bam private funds to enhance yields above the standard ima fee rates

Speaker 7: Thanks, Jaeme, and to you as well. Welcome to the call. Whenever BWS does a transaction such as Just Group, obviously the transaction needs to be closed. It needs regulatory approval, and such shifts need to be agreed and approved by a regulator. That is no different in the situation of Just as any of the other similar transactions we've done in the past. We would expect that process to take place at some point in 2026. In terms of the opportunity to then increase allocation to private funds, if that is indeed approved by the regulator, as we are seeing in our other insurance portfolios, at that point, it becomes an incremental process over time. We have a little bit of a denominator effect in trying to measure that because the base of assets keeps growing up. Thanks, Jaeme, and to you as well. thanks jaeme and to you as well Welcome to the call. Whenever BWS does a transaction such as Just Group, obviously the transaction needs to be closed. welcome to the call. whenever bws does a transaction such as just group obviously the transaction needs to be closed It needs regulatory approval, and such shifts need to be agreed and approved by a regulator. it needs regulatory approval and such shifts need to be agreed and approved by a regulator That is no different in the situation of Just as any of the other similar transactions we've done in the past. that is no different in the situation of just as any of the other similar transactions we've done in the past We would expect that process to take place at some point in 2026. we would expect that process to take place at some point in 2026 In terms of the opportunity to then increase allocation to private funds, if that is indeed approved by the regulator, as we are seeing in our other insurance portfolios, at that point, it becomes an incremental process over time. in terms of the opportunity to then increase allocation to private funds if that is indeed approved by the regulator as we are seeing in our other insurance portfolios at that point it becomes an incremental process over time We have a little bit of a denominator effect in trying to measure that because the base of assets keeps growing up. we have a little bit of a denominator effect in trying to measure that because the base of assets keeps growing up The amount that we've been transferring into our private funds continues to be at a low %. We are seeing that increase. I would say any time we acquire a new portfolio, it's generally a period of somewhere between two to five years to make that shift. The amount that we've been transferring into our private funds continues to be at a low %. the amount that we've been transferring into our private funds continues to be at a low % We are seeing that increase. we are seeing that increase I would say any time we acquire a new portfolio, it's generally a period of somewhere between two to five years to make that shift. i would say any time we acquire a new portfolio it's generally a period of somewhere between two to five years to make that shift

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Dean Wilkinson from CIBC. Your line is now open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Dean Wilkinson from CIBC. our next question will come from dean wilkinson from cibc Your line is now open. your line is now open

Speaker 12: Thank you and good morning. Just a quick question around the base shelf that was filed last night. Given your current financial positioning and liquidity, could we perhaps read into that document that there are acquisition opportunities that may come to the forefront over the next 12 months or so that could be an additive to your fee-bearing capital that perhaps we haven't considered at this point? Thank you and good morning. thank you and good morning Just a quick question around the base shelf that was filed last night. just a quick question around the base shelf that was filed last night Given your current financial positioning and liquidity, could we perhaps read into that document that there are acquisition opportunities that may come to the forefront over the next 12 months or so that could be an additive to your fee-bearing capital that perhaps we haven't considered at this point? given your current financial positioning and liquidity could we perhaps read into that document that there are acquisition opportunities that may come to the forefront over the next 12 months or so that could be an additive to your fee-bearing capital that perhaps we haven't considered at this point

Speaker 4: No, I mean, I would say that our focus really is around making sure we can generate the liquidity in order to support the business. We've got $1.5 billion as of the quarter end, and we're in a very strong position. We will continue accessing the bond market in order to support the growth of our business because we still have a lot of opportunities on the partner managers, which we talked about, that $250 million of FRE, and then, of course, seeding additional strategies. We've had such strong success with our complementary strategies, and we see a lot more on the product launch side as well as just newer initiatives that we're looking at. From that standpoint, that is what you're really seeing in that shelf. In terms of acquisitions, we're always opportunistic, but there's nothing that we need to do. No, I mean, I would say that our focus really is around making sure we can generate the liquidity in order to support the business. no i mean i would say that our focus really is around making sure we can generate the liquidity in order to support the business We've got $1.5 billion as of the quarter end, and we're in a very strong position. we've got $1.5 billion as of the quarter end and we're in a very strong position We will continue accessing the bond market in order to support the growth of our business because we still have a lot of opportunities on the partner managers, which we talked about, that $250 million of FRE, and then, of course, seeding additional strategies. we will continue accessing the bond market in order to support the growth of our business because we still have a lot of opportunities on the partner managers which we talked about that $250 million of fre and then of course seeding additional strategies We've had such strong success with our complementary strategies, and we see a lot more on the product launch side as well as just newer initiatives that we're looking at. we've had such strong success with our complementary strategies and we see a lot more on the product launch side as well as just newer initiatives that we're looking at From that standpoint, that is what you're really seeing in that shelf. from that standpoint that is what you're really seeing in that shelf In terms of acquisitions, we're always opportunistic, but there's nothing that we need to do. in terms of acquisitions we're always opportunistic but there's nothing that we need to do It really is just an opportunistic play from that perspective. It really is just an opportunistic play from that perspective. it really is just an opportunistic play from that perspective

Speaker 12: Great. Thanks, Hadley. Great. great Thanks, Hadley. thanks hadley

Speaker 14: Thank you. Our next question will come from Vikram Gandhi from HSBC. Your line is open. Thank you. thank you Our next question will come from Vikram Gandhi from HSBC. our next question will come from vikram gandhi from hsbc Your line is open. your line is open

Speaker 15: Hi. Morning, everybody. Hope you can hear me all right. I've got a two-part open, perhaps starting with the changes incorporated in the Big Beautiful Bill. I wondered if you could share your thoughts on how these changes around tax breaks for renewable projects could possibly impact your deployment and exits in that area. Hi. hi Morning, everybody. morning everybody Hope you can hear me all right. hope you can hear me all right I've got a two-part open, perhaps starting with the changes incorporated in the Big Beautiful Bill. i've got a two-part open perhaps starting with the changes incorporated in the big beautiful bill I wondered if you could share your thoughts on how these changes around tax breaks for renewable projects could possibly impact your deployment and exits in that area. i wondered if you could share your thoughts on how these changes around tax breaks for renewable projects could possibly impact your deployment and exits in that area

Speaker 7: In terms of our renewable business, there are three points that we would make. One, our renewable strategy at this point, we are confident that we can safe harbor or secure the legacy tax credit treatment for the entirety of our advanced-stage U.S. renewables pipeline. That would be point one. Two, the changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill did lead to an accelerated retirement of those tax credits. It does leave a window for those projects that are already either under construction or start construction in the next 12 months to receive the legacy tax treatment. We feel that opportunity lends itself best to the largest platforms that have access to capital and centralized procurement programs to get those advanced-stage projects started. We are certainly the leader in the space. In terms of our renewable business, there are three points that we would make. in terms of our renewable business, there are three points that we would make One, our renewable strategy at this point, we are confident that we can safe harbor or secure the legacy tax credit treatment for the entirety of our advanced-stage U.S. renewables pipeline. one our renewable strategy at this point we are confident that we can safe harbor or secure the legacy tax credit treatment for the entirety of our advanced-stage u.s renewables pipeline That would be point one. that would be point one Two, the changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill did lead to an accelerated retirement of those tax credits. two the changes in the one big beautiful bill did lead to an accelerated retirement of those tax credits It does leave a window for those projects that are already either under construction or start construction in the next 12 months to receive the legacy tax treatment. it does leave a window for those projects that are already either under construction or start construction in the next 12 months to receive the legacy tax treatment We feel that opportunity lends itself best to the largest platforms that have access to capital and centralized procurement programs to get those advanced-stage projects started. we feel that opportunity lends itself best to the largest platforms that have access to capital and centralized procurement programs to get those advanced-stage projects started We are certainly the leader in the space. we are certainly the leader in the space The third thing I would say, beyond our renewables business, is we do receive tax credits across a number of investments we have at Brookfield. Some of our advanced manufacturing, nuclear, hydro batteries, all of that was well protected under the bill. Therefore, we are certainly one of the biggest beneficiaries. The third thing I would say, beyond our renewables business, is we do receive tax credits across a number of investments we have at Brookfield . the third thing i would say beyond our renewables business, is we do receive tax credits across a number of investments we have at brookfield Some of our advanced manufacturing, nuclear, hydro batteries, all of that was well protected under the bill. some of our advanced manufacturing nuclear hydro batteries all of that was well protected under the bill Therefore, we are certainly one of the biggest beneficiaries. therefore we are certainly one of the biggest beneficiaries

Speaker 15: OK. That's very helpful. The other one, if I may, was on a comment made at the Financial Times Global Insurance Summit by the BWS CEO, suggesting the private credit trade was kind of overcrowded. Just curious if you could provide some context around that comment and where do BAM and BWS, you know, where are the two companies thinking about the asset allocation on incremental AUM, especially once the Just Group deal is concluded? OK. ok That's very helpful. that's very helpful The other one, if I may, was on a comment made at the Financial Times Global Insurance Summit by the BWS CEO, suggesting the private credit trade was kind of overcrowded. the other one if i may was on a comment made at the financial times global insurance summit by the bws ceo suggesting the private credit trade was kind of overcrowded Just curious if you could provide some context around that comment and where do BAM and BWS , you know, where are the two companies thinking about the asset allocation on incremental AUM, especially once the Just Group deal is concluded? just curious if you could provide some context around that comment and where do bam and bws you know where are the two companies thinking about the asset allocation on incremental aum especially once the just group deal is concluded

Speaker 4: I'll add some clarification around that. When we think, again, about our core competencies in credit, it is around real assets, asset-backed finance, and opportunistic. These are the markets that we play in. We have a competitive advantage. Where we are less inclined to spend a lot of our time is around the sponsor-direct lending. That's what that article is referring to because it's more commoditized, a lot of spread compression. We're seeing better risk-adjusted returns from the core competencies that I laid out. We are very active in that space. We're growing. We're doing a lot of investments in those areas and will continue, given the pipeline of opportunities that I mentioned earlier. I'll add some clarification around that. i'll add some clarification around that When we think, again, about our core competencies in credit, it is around real assets, asset-backed finance, and opportunistic. when we think again about our core competencies in credit it is around real assets asset-backed finance and opportunistic These are the markets that we play in. these are the markets that we play in We have a competitive advantage. we have a competitive advantage Where we are less inclined to spend a lot of our time is around the sponsor-direct lending. where we are less inclined to spend a lot of our time is around the sponsor-direct lending That's what that article is referring to because it's more commoditized, a lot of spread compression. that's what that article is referring to because it's more commoditized a lot of spread compression We're seeing better risk-adjusted returns from the core competencies that I laid out. we're seeing better risk-adjusted returns from the core competencies that i laid out We are very active in that space. we are very active in that space We're growing. we're growing We're doing a lot of investments in those areas and will continue, given the pipeline of opportunities that I mentioned earlier. we're doing a lot of investments in those areas and will continue given the pipeline of opportunities that i mentioned earlier

Speaker 15: That's great. Thank you very much. That's great. that's great Thank you very much. thank you very much

Speaker 14: Thank you. I am showing no further questions from our phone line. I'd like to turn the conference back over to Jason Fooks for any further closing remarks. Thank you. thank you I am showing no further questions from our phone line. i am showing no further questions from our phone line I'd like to turn the conference back over to Jason Fooks for any further closing remarks. i'd like to turn the conference back over to jason fooks for any further closing remarks

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Speaker 14: Thank you. This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect. Everyone, have a wonderful day. Thank you. thank you This concludes today's conference call. this concludes today's conference call Thank you for your participation. thank you for your participation You may now disconnect. you may now disconnect Everyone, have a wonderful day. everyone have a wonderful day