ORGANIZATION AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Management Commentary Explanatory [Abstract]

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (the “Corporation”) is a global alternative asset management company. References in these financial statements to “Brookfield,” “us,” “we,” “our” or “the company” refer to the Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and consolidated entities. The company owns and operates assets with a focus on renewable power and transition, infrastructure, private equity, real estate and credit. The Corporation is listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the symbols BAM and BAM.A, respectively. The Corporation was formed by articles of amalgamation under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and is registered in Ontario, Canada. The registered office of the Corporation is Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2T3.

Capital Management

The company utilizes the Corporation’s Capital to manage the business in a number of ways, including operating performance, value creation, credit metrics and capital efficiency. The performance of the Corporation’s Capital is closely tracked and monitored by the company’s key management personnel and evaluated relative to management’s objectives. The primary goal of the company is to earn a 12-15% return compounded over the long term while always maintaining excess capital to support ongoing operations.

The Corporation’s Capital consists of the capital invested in its asset management activities, including investments in entities that it manages, its corporate investments that are held outside of managed entities and its net working capital. The Corporation’s Capital is funded with common equity, preferred equity and corporate borrowings issued by the Corporation.

As at December 31, 2021, the Corporation’s Capital totaled $57.5 billion (2020 – $45.1 billion), and is computed as follows:



AS AT DEC. 31 (MILLIONS)	2021		2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,197	$	1,283
Other financial assets	3,430		3,809
Common equity in managed investments	46,248		33,732
Other assets and liabilities of the Corporation	6,585		6,321
Corporation’s Capital	$	57,460	$	45,145
Corporation’s Capital is comprised of the following:
Common equity	$	42,210	$	31,693
Preferred shares	4,145		4,145
Non-controlling interest	230		230
Corporate borrowings	10,875		9,077
	$	57,460	$	45,145

The Corporation generates returns on its capital through management fees and performance revenues earned as an asset manager, as well as distributions or dividends earned from its capital invested in managed entities, and through performance of the Corporation’s financial asset investments. Prudent levels of corporate borrowings and preferred equity are utilized to enhance returns to shareholders’ common equity.

A reconciliation of the Corporation’s Capital to the company’s consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2021 is as follows:


AS AT DEC. 31, 2021 (MILLIONS)	The Corporation		Managed Investments		Elimination1		Total Consolidated
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,197	$	11,497	$	—	$	12,694
Other financial assets	3,430		13,116		—		16,546
Accounts receivable and other1	2,697		19,694		(631)		21,760
Inventory	2		11,413		—		11,415
Assets classified as held for sale	—		11,958		—		11,958
Equity accounted investments	6,553		39,547		—		46,100
Investment properties	16		100,849		—		100,865
Property, plant and equipment	215		115,274		—		115,489
Intangible assets	215		30,394		—		30,609
Goodwill	361		19,866		—		20,227
Deferred income tax assets	2,064		1,276		—		3,340
Accounts payable and other1	(5,104)		(48,073)		631		(52,546)
Liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale	—		(3,148)		—		(3,148)
Deferred income tax liabilities	(299)		(20,029)		—		(20,328)
Subsidiary equity obligations	(135)		(4,173)		—		(4,308)
Total	11,212		299,461		—		310,673
Common equity in managed investments2	46,248		—		(46,248)		—
Corporation’s Capital	57,460		299,461		(46,248)		310,673
Less:
Corporate borrowings	10,875		—		—		10,875
Non-recourse borrowings of managed entities	—		165,057		—		165,057
Amounts attributable to preferred equity	4,145		—		—		4,145
Amounts attributable to non-controlling interests	230		88,156		—		88,386
Common equity	$	42,210	$	46,248	$	(46,248)	$	42,210

1.Contains the gross up of intercompany balances, including accounts receivable and other, and accounts payable and other of $631 million and $631 million, respectively, between entities within the Corporation and its managed investments.

2.Represents the value of the Corporation’s managed investments.

Common equity in managed investments is a measure routinely evaluated by our company’s key management personnel and represents the net equity in our consolidated financial statements outside of our corporate and asset management segments, excluding non-controlling interests. This measure is equal to the sum of the common equity in our Renewable Power and Transition, Infrastructure, Private Equity, Real Estate and Residential Development operating segments.

A reconciliation of the Corporation’s Capital to the company’s consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2020 is as follows:


AS AT DEC. 31, 2020 (MILLIONS)	The Corporation		Managed Investments		Elimination1		Total Consolidated
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,283	$	8,650	$	—	$	9,933
Other financial assets	3,809		13,921		—		17,730
Accounts receivable and other1	3,632		17,401		(2,105)		18,928
Inventory	2		10,358		—		10,360
Assets classified as held for sale	—		5,917		—		5,917
Equity accounted investments	5,361		35,966		—		41,327
Investment properties	17		96,765		—		96,782
Property, plant and equipment	122		99,887		—		100,009
Intangible assets	285		24,373		—		24,658
Goodwill	368		14,346		—		14,714
Deferred income tax assets	2,159		1,179		—		3,338
Accounts payable and other1	(5,134)		(47,653)		2,105		(50,682)
Liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale	—		(2,359)		—		(2,359)
Deferred income tax liabilities	(414)		(15,499)		—		(15,913)
Subsidiary equity obligations	(77)		(3,622)		—		(3,699)
Total	11,413		259,630		—		271,043
Common equity in managed investments2	33,732		—		(33,732)		—
Corporation’s Capital	45,145		259,630		(33,732)		271,043
Less:
Corporate borrowings	9,077		—		—		9,077
Non-recourse borrowings of managed entities	—		139,324		—		139,324
Amounts attributable to preferred equity	4,145		—		—		4,145
Amounts attributable to non-controlling interests	230		86,574		—		86,804
Common equity	$	31,693	$	33,732	$	(33,732)	$	31,693

1.Contains the gross up of intercompany balances, including accounts receivable and other, and accounts payable and other of $2.1 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively, between entities within the Corporation and its managed investments.

2.Represents the value of the Corporation’s managed investments.