DBRS Morningstar Assigns Rating of BBB with a Stable Trend to New Subordinated Notes of Brookfield Finance Inc.

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a rating of BBB with a Stable trend to Brookfield Finance Inc.’s (BFI or the Company) $400 million 4.625% Subordinated Notes due October 16, 2080 (the Hybrid Notes). The Hybrid Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (rated A (low) with a Stable trend by DBRS Morningstar).

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The principal methodologies are Rating Entities in the Real Estate Industry (June 4, 2020); Rating Companies in the Independent Power Producer Industry (May 19, 2020); Rating Companies in the Pipeline and Diversified Energy Industry (November 26, 2019); Rating Companies in the Regulated Electric, Natural Gas and Water Utilities Industry (September 16, 2020); DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Support (January 22, 2020); DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers (November 1, 2019); and DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Rating Corporate Holding Companies and Parent/Subsidiary Rating Relationships (November 25, 2019), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria.

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