Press Release: Brookfield Corporation Reports 15% Increase in Earnings

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Record Fundraising Increases Deployable Capital to $210 Billion

Completed Acquisitions of Oaktree and Just Group While Continuing Share Repurchases

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN, TSX: BN) announced strong financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Nick Goodman, President of Brookfield Corporation, said, "Our business performed well in the second quarter, with continued momentum driving 15% growth in earnings per share. We were active through the first six months of the year--raising $98 billion of capital, deploying $100 billion into large-scale opportunities, and monetizing $40 billion of assets at attractive returns."

He added, "We also advanced several strategic initiatives. We expanded our global insurance platform through the acquisition of Just Group in the U.K., completed the acquisition of Oaktree, and shareholders approved our simplification transaction. These initiatives set us up for our next phase of growth, and with over $200 billion of deployable capital we are well positioned to invest at scale in the opportunities ahead."

Operating Results

Distributable earnings ("DE") before realizations per share increased by 15% and 7% over the prior periods.

 
                     Three Months Ended     Last Twelve Months Ended 
-----------------  ----------------------  --------------------------- 
UNAUDITED For the 
periods ended 
June 30 (US$ 
millions, except 
per share 
amounts)                 2026      2025          2026          2025 
-----------------      --------   -------      --------      --------- 
Net income of 
 consolidated 
 business(1)        $       703  $  1,055   $     3,710   $      2,889 
Net income 
 attributable to 
 Brookfield 
 shareholders(2)            364       272         1,428            841 
 
Distributable 
 earnings before 
 realizations(3)          1,427     1,253         5,652          5,311 
      -- Per 
       Brookfield 
       share(3,4)          0.61      0.53          2.39           2.24 
 
Distributable 
 earnings(3)              1,548     1,385         6,172          5,865 
      -- Per 
       Brookfield 
       share(3,4)          0.66      0.59          2.61           2.47 
-----------------      --------   -------      --------      --------- 
 

(See endnotes on page 9.)

Total consolidated net income was $703 million for the quarter and $3.7 billion for the last twelve months. Distributable earnings before realizations were $1.4 billion ($0.61/share) for the quarter and $5.7 billion ($2.39/share) for the last twelve months.

Asset Management delivered strong results, with fee-related earnings increasing by 20% compared to the prior year quarter. Strong fundraising across our flagship and complementary strategies, together with continued growth in credit, drove record inflows of $77 billion and increased fee-bearing capital to $672 billion at quarter end.

Wealth Solutions grew earnings by 23% compared to the prior year quarter, supported by strong organic inflows, growth in net investment income, and the first full-quarter contribution from Just Group.

Our operating businesses continued to perform well, generating resilient and stable cash flows supported by contracted, inflation-linked revenues and the long-term secular trends that continue to increase demand for their essential products and services.

During the quarter and for the last twelve months, earnings from realizations were $121 million and $520 million, with total distributable earnings for the quarter and for the last twelve months of $1.5 billion ($0.66/share) and $6.2 billion ($2.61/share), respectively.

Operating Highlights

Distributable earnings before realizations were $1.4 billion ($0.61/share) for the quarter and $5.7 billion ($2.39/share) for the last twelve months, representing an increase of 15% and 7% on a per share basis over the prior periods. Total distributable earnings were $1.5 billion ($0.66/share) for the quarter and $6.2 billion ($2.61/share) for the last twelve months.

Asset Management

   -- DE was $740 million ($0.31/share) in the quarter and $2.9 billion 
      ($1.24/share) for the last twelve months. 
 
   -- Fundraising was a record $77 billion for the quarter. This reflected 
      broad-based demand across our strategies from our global client base, 
      including $5 billion from retail and wealth clients. 
 
   -- We continue to see strong demand for our flagship funds in the market. 
      The seventh vintage of our private equity flagship raised $7 billion, and 
      the sixth vintage of our infrastructure flagship raised $9 billion. Both 
      are on track to be the largest vintages in their respective series. 
 
   -- Fee-related earnings grew by 20% compared to the prior year quarter, 
      driven by a 19% increase in fee-bearing capital to $672 billion at 
      quarter end. 
 
   -- In July, we completed the acquisition of Oaktree, enabling us to fully 
      integrate one of the world's premier credit franchises into our 
      organization and further strengthen the scale of our global credit 
      platform. 

Wealth Solutions

   -- DE was $480 million ($0.20/share) in the quarter and $1.8 billion 
      ($0.75/share) for the last twelve months. 
 
   -- Insurance assets increased to $191 billion, including $5 billion of 
      annuity sales during the quarter, and the closing of the Just Group 
      acquisition, which added $45 billion of insurance assets. 
 
   -- Investment performance in our North American business remained strong. We 
      invested over $5 billion into real asset strategies during the quarter, 
      and $16 billion over the last twelve months, contributing to an average 
      net investment income yield of 5.7% for the quarter. 
 
   -- Disciplined underwriting in our P&C business contributed to a 99% 
      combined ratio, lowering our effective cost of funds and supporting a 
      gross spread of 2.2% for the quarter in our North American business, 
      consistent with our objective of generating total returns of 15%+ on our 
      invested equity. 

Operating Businesses

   -- DE was $361 million ($0.15/share) in the quarter and $1.5 billion 
      ($0.65/share) for the last twelve months. 
 
   -- Cash distributions from our operating businesses were supported by the 
      strong underlying fundamentals and resilient operating earnings of our 
      infrastructure, energy, and private equity businesses. 
 
   -- We continued to advance major partnerships, including expanding our 
      partnership with Bloom Energy to $25 billion for behind-the-meter fuel 
      cells for data centers, and a financing commitment from the U.S. 
      Department of Energy for $17.5 billion to acquire long-lead equipment for 
      large-scale Westinghouse reactors. 
 
   -- Our real estate business continued to perform well, supported by strong 
      operating fundamentals. During the quarter, we completed 6 million square 
      feet of office and retail leasing, with office net rents 19% above 
      expiring levels. Our super-core and core-plus portfolios ended the 
      quarter with over 95% occupancy, reflecting sustained tenant demand for 
      our high-quality, well-located assets. 

Earnings from the monetization of mature assets were $121 million ($0.05/share) for the quarter and $520 million ($0.22/share) for the last twelve months.

   -- Transaction activity continued to build momentum through the first half 
      of the year. We executed $40 billion of sales year to date, returning 
      capital and crystallizing strong returns for our clients. 
 
   -- Monetization activity included $10 billion in infrastructure and 
      $10 billion in real estate, including the sale of One Churchill Place, a 
      premier office tower on our estate at Canary Wharf in London, for 
      GBP750 million -- further demonstrating the recovery of high-quality real 
      estate. 
 
   -- We sold $7 billion of energy assets, monetized $9 billion of credit 
      investments, and sold $4 billion of private equity businesses, including 
      $650 million for the sale of Multiplex, our construction business. 
 
   -- With an active pipeline of monetizations, we continue to advance a number 
      of our funds closer to carried interest realization. Total accumulated 
      unrealized carried interest was $12.5 billion at quarter end, after 
      realizing $121 million of net carried interest into income in the quarter, 
      and $520 million over the last twelve months. 

We ended the quarter with a record $210 billion of capital available to deploy into new investments.

   -- Deployable capital includes $96 billion of cash, financial assets, and 
      undrawn credit lines at the Corporation, our affiliates and our wealth 
      solutions business, and $114 billion of uncalled private fund 
      commitments. 
 
   -- Our balance sheet is conservatively capitalized, with corporate debt at 
      the Corporation carrying a weighted-average term of 15 years and no 
      maturities in 2026. 
 
   -- We maintained strong access to capital markets and completed $130 billion 
      of financings across the franchise year-to-date. We enhanced our 
      liquidity position through the issuance of C$750 million of 10-year and 
      30-year notes at the Corporation, underscoring strong market demand and 
      the strength of our credit profile. 
 
   -- During the quarter, we acquired $111 million of shares in the open 
      market. Year-to-date, we repurchased approximately $580 million of BN 
      Class A shares in the open market at an average price per share of $42. 

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