Brookfield asset management News

Brookfield’s $200 Billion Credit Group Seeks to Lure Insurers

Brookfield Asset Management’s newly formed credit arm will cater to its parent’s insurance business and will also pitch other insurers on overseeing their assets, the unit’s chief executive officer says. “What we’ve decided to do is bring all of our …

Brookfield Reinsurance Completes Buy of Argo Group; Snyder Named Argo CEO

Brookfield Reinsurance’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Argo Group International Holdings has been completed and Jessica Snyder was appointed chief executive officer of Argo. Snyder succeeds Thomas Bradley, who announced that he was retiring upon closing of the deal. Snyder joined …

Argo Group Shareholders Approve Merger With Brookfield Reinsurance

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced that Argo shareholders voted to approve an agreement for Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. to acquire Argo in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. The merger remains subject to other customary closing conditions, including …

Brookfield Reinsurance to Acquire Insurer Argo Group in $1.1B Deal

Financial services firm Brookfield Reinsurance announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Argo Group International Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. As part of the agreement, Argo shareholders will receive $30.00 per share in …

Insurers Among Investors as Canada’s Brookfield Raises $15B for Climate Fund

Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management said on Wednesday it had raised $15 billion for its first impact fund focused on the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The fundraise comes at a time when investors and lawmakers across the globe …

Investment Firm Brookfield to Buy UK Repair Site HomeServe for £4.1B

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to buy emergency household repairs provider HomeServe Plc in a deal valuing the company at £4.1 billion ($5 billion), one of the UK’s largest take-private transactions this year. Investors will get 1,200 pence for each …

Brookfield Reinsurance Unit to Buy American National for $5.1 Billion

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s reinsurance unit has agreed to buy insurer American National Group Inc for about $5.1 billion in an all-cash deal, the companies said on Monday. Started in 1905 by William Lewis Moody Jr., American National is majority-owned …

Brookfield Asset Management to Launch Reinsurer; Distribute Shares to Investors

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is launching a reinsurance business and plans to distribute shares in the new entity to its investors in the form of a $500 million special dividend. Bruce Flatt, Brookfield’s chief executive officer, said in a letter …