Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC (“PSG”) is an investment adviser that has been
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”) since
1989. PSG is a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Brookfield Asset Management ULC, an unlimited liability company formed under the laws of
British Columbia, Canada (“BAM ULC”). Brookfield Corporation, a publicly traded company
(NYSE: BN; TSX: BN) (the “Corporation”), holds a 75% interest in BAM ULC, while Brookfield
Asset Management Ltd., a publicly traded company (NYSE: BAM; TSX: BAMA) (the
“Manager”), holds a 25% interest in BAM ULC. The Manager is a leading global alternative
asset manager focused on real estate, renewable power, infrastructure and private equity,
with assets under management over $900 billion as of December 31, 2023. The Manager
draws on Brookfield’s heritage as an owner and operator to invest for value and generate
strong returns for its clients, across economic cycles.
The Corporation, the Manager and their affiliates, other than PSG and the Oaktree Entities (as
defined below), are collectively referred to herein as “Brookfield.”
Headquartered in New York, NY, PSG maintains offices and investment teams in Chicago, IL,
and Houston, TX.
PSG provides investment advisory services on a discretionary and non‐discretionary basis to:
financial institutions; public and private pension plans; insurance companies; endowments
and foundations; sovereign wealth funds; retail, high net worth and institutional investors;
separate accounts; separately managed accounts (“SMAs”); and uniform model accounts
(“UMAs)” also known as wrap fee programs, sponsored by several major broker‐dealer firms;
investment companies with variable capital authorized as an undertakings for collective
investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”); open‐end and closed‐end investment
companies registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(“1940 Act”); and investment companies exempted from the definition of investment
company by Sections 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, as amended (“Private Funds”).
In this Brochure, the separate accounts, SMAs, UCITS, 1940 Act registered investment
companies (“RICs”) and Private Funds that are managed or advised by PSG are collectively
referred to as “Client Accounts.” (Herein, the term “Clients” includes individuals as well as the
“Client Accounts” that PSG manages).
PSG provides global alternative investment management strategies focused on specialized
equity and fixed income real assets securities investments. PSG’s Energy Infrastructure
Securities Group (“Energy Infrastructure Team”), located in Houston, TX primarily allocates
Clients’ investment management assets among the marketable securities of issuers of energy‐
related master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), MLP affiliates, C‐Corps, and other midstream or
infrastructure energy companies, particularly those participating in the business of operating
oil and gas pipelines, terminals and storage facilities and other infrastructure assets. The
Energy Infrastructure
Team may also invest Clients’ assets in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”)
and options and derivatives including total return swaps.
PSG manages each Client’s portfolio in accordance with the specified guidelines and objectives
of the Client. PSG’s discretionary authority to make investments for a portfolio is generally
limited by written investment restrictions and guidelines provided by the Client.
The Energy Infrastructure Team manages SMAs under wrap programs sponsored by several
major broker‐dealer firms. PSG is not a sponsor of any wrap fee programs. In exchange for
providing portfolio management services to wrap programs, PSG receives a portion of the
wrap fees paid by the wrap program participants to the wrap program sponsors. The Energy
Infrastructure Team manages the SMAs under the wrap programs and “non wrap” accounts
which are similar in size in a substantially similar manner.
As of December 31, 2023, PSG had over $21 billion of discretionary assets under management.
Affiliates of Brookfield own an approximate 61.2% economic interest in Oaktree Capital
Management, L.P. (“Oaktree,” and together with its “advisory affiliates” and “related persons”
(as defined in Form ADV), the “Oaktree Entities”). Both Brookfield and the Oaktree Entities
operate their respective investment businesses largely independently, with each remaining
under its current brand and led by its existing management and investment teams. The
Oaktree Entities, Brookfield and PSG manage their investment operations independently of
each other pursuant to an information barrier (the “OAK‐BAM‐PSG Information Barrier”).
Accordingly, PSG does not consider the Oaktree Entities or their affiliates to be its “advisory
affiliates” or “related persons” for purposes of Form ADV. For more information regarding the
Oaktree Entities and their affiliates, please refer to the Form ADV of Oaktree Capital
Management LLP (CRD# 106793). For additional information related to Brookfield and
Oaktree, please see “Conflicts Relating to Acquisition of the Oaktree Entities by Brookfield.”
In 2021 Brookfield and Oaktree formed Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC (“BOWS”), a
registered broker-dealer and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). More about BOWS can
be found under Item 10, “Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.”
PSG has entered into a sub‐advisory agreement with Crystal River Capital Advisors, LLC
(“Crystal River Advisors”), a Delaware Limited Liability Company formed to provide investment
management advice to a real estate investment trust.
Clients can invest in Brookfield strategies via three main channels: public securities, Private
Funds and listed partnerships. PSG leverages Brookfield’s core real asset expertise via global
listed strategies, including energy infrastructure, real estate, infrastructure, real asset debt,
real asset solutions and opportunistic strategies through a variety of flexible and scalable
mandates including separate accounts, SMAs (which may be part of a wrap program), collective
investment trusts (“CITs”), open‐end and closed‐end registered funds and Private Funds.