DBRS Morningstar Assigns Ratings of A (low) to Brookfield Finance’s $250 Million Senior Unsecured Notes & Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc’s $600 Million Senior Unsecured Notes
Real EstateDBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned ratings of A (low) with a Stable trend to Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc’s $600 million Senior Unsecured Notes due January 30, 2032, and Brookfield Finance Inc.’s new $250 million Senior Unsecured Notes due March 30, 2051 (the Notes). The ratings assigned to the Notes are based upon the rating on the already-outstanding series of the above-mentioned debt instrument.
The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (rated A (low) with a Stable trend by DBRS Morningstar).
ESG CONSIDERATIONS
A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.
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The principal methodologies are Rating Entities in the Real Estate Industry (April 23, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/377358), Rating Companies in the Independent Power Producer Industry (May 10, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/378166), Rating Companies in the Pipeline and Diversified Energy Industry (November 19, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/370267), Rating Companies in the Regulated Electric, Natural Gas, and Water Utilities Industry (October 27, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/368939), DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Rating Corporate Holding Companies and Parent/Subsidiary Rating Relationships (November 2, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/369167), DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers (November 2, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/369165), DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Support (May 31, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/379424), and DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Commercial Paper Liquidity Support for Nonbank Issuers (March 9, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/375001), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria. Other applicable methodologies include the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings (February 3, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262).
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