Brookfield Decides to Spin Off Its Asset-Management Unit

  • New publicly traded firm will manage fee-generating assets
  • CEO Bruce Flatt said in February it was weighing such a move
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. plans to spin off its asset-management business, according to a person familiar with the matter -- a step designed to simplify the organizational structure at one of the world’s largest alternative investment firms.

The new publicly traded entity will control Brookfield’s fee-generating assets, such as real estate, infrastructure, credit, private equity and renewable energy. The unit’s assets under management were $364 billion as of Dec. 31.