The DIV-Net (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
As a Canadian, I do invest in Canadian dividend stocks. Like the rest of my portfolio I use index funds as the core component however I have supplemented with select dividend growth companies. Just because they are stocks from companies in my own back yard, I still need to ensure I do the proper analysis. That typically always starts with a review of the Canadian Dividend Achievers list. The Broad...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX: BAM.A)(NYSE: BAM)(EURONEXT: BAMA) today announced that it has received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") for its proposed normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 49,300,000 Class A Limited Voting Shares ("Class A Shares"), representing approximately 9.9% of the public float of the company's outstanding...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 03/12/2009
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Brookfield Europe today announced that it has completed a Pounds Sterling 128 million refinancing of the retail property at Eden, High Wycombe, near London, in which it has a 50% interest. Helaba, Deutsche Postbank AG and Nationwide Building Society have participated in the five-year debt facility maturing in 2014. The 77,000-square-metre (825,000 sq. ft.) shopping...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/27/2009
NEW YORK - Tower Group, Inc. (“Tower”; NASDAQ: TWGP) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of HIG, Inc. (“Hermitage”), a specialty property and casualty insurance holding company, from a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $130 million.
The Enlightened American (Free subscription) | 02/22/2009
Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) has a lot of moving parts in its operations so I’ll briefly highlight key financial results and follow with my thoughts on the investment going forward. I highly encourage readers to review BAM’s earnings release at their website: In a difficult year, Brookfield Asset Mgmt generated $1.4B in free cash flow [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 02/13/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX: BAM)(NYSE: BAM)(AEX: BAMA) -
StreetInsider.com News Articles (Free subscription) | 02/12/2009
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before Market Opens: Earnings: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) - consensus EPS $1.00 Allete (NYSE: ALE) - consensus EPS $0.81 Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) - consensus EPS $0.16 Cognizant Technology (Nasdaq: CTSH) - consensus EPS $0.38 PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) - consensus EPS $0.88 Wyndham...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Brookfield Homes (BHS) has been hit like all homebuilders. Brookfield Asset Management, the holding company that Barron's has hailed as the next Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), has BHS's back. But in a somewhat complicated manner as seen from BHS's conference call. BAM has a lot on its mind these days. From Brookfield Homes Corp.'s Q408 conference call : (BHS) Complete Story »
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 02/03/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Acadian Timber Income Fund ("Acadian" or the "Fund") (TSX: ADN.UN) today reported that Brookfield Asset Management Inc. together with its affiliates ("Brookfield"), has converted its 4,507,030 Class B Interests of Katahdin Forest Management LLC ("KFM LLC") into Units of Acadian on February 3, 2009 on a one-for-one basis.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/02/2009
TORONTO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - AbitibiBowater Inc is poised to sell its Ontario-based hydroelectric assets to Brookfield Asset Management Inc and refinance some debt as it races toward a key payment deadline, the Globe and Mail said on Monday.
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 02/02/2009
AbitibiBowater is close to finalizing a deal to refinance some of its debt by selling its lucrative Ontario hydro assets to a unit of Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc. The company faces a fast-approaching March deadline to pay back a $347-million (U.S.) secured loan and has about $350-million more in debt coming due later this year. Brookfield appears to be the unnamed suitor mentioned...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX: BAM)(NYSE: BAM)(AEX: BAMA) -
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX: BAM)(NYSE: BAM)(AEX: BAMA) -
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. now owns 75% of Norbord Inc. after investing $144 million in the struggling wood panel producer. Brookfield had already been a minority shareholder of Norbord since the company was created when the former Nexfor Inc. was split into two publicly traded companies in 2004: Norbord and Fraser Papers Inc. Although Norbord enjoyed several years of profitable growth since...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (MARKET WIRE) The Board of Directors of The Hyperion Brookfield Total Return Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: HTR) declared a monthly dividend of $0.0475 per share, payable on January 29, 2009 to stockholders of record on December 30, 2008. The ex-dividend date is December 26, 2008. Based on the NYSE closing price of $4.54 on December 19, 2008, the Fund's yield was 12.56%....
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