0000769317-16-000041.txt : 20160210 0000769317-16-000041.hdr.sgml : 20160210 20160210164322 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000769317-16-000041 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160210 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Brookfield Mortgage Opportunity Income Fund Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001562834 IRS NUMBER: 461864186 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-87939 FILM NUMBER: 161406284 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BROOKFIELD PLACE STREET 2: 250 VESEY STREET, 15TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-549-8400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BROOKFIELD PLACE STREET 2: 250 VESEY STREET, 15TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000769317 IRS NUMBER: 411404829 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3300 IDS CENTER STREET 2: 80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 BUSINESS PHONE: 6123323223 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3300 IDS CENTER STREET 2: 80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 SC 13G 1 boi13ginitial.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Brookfield Mortgage Opportunity Fund (BOI) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Title of Class of Securities) 112792106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (CUSIP Number) December 31, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [X] Rule 13d-1(b) [ ] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). ----------------------------- ------------------------------ CUSIP No. 112792106 13G Page 2 of 6 Pages ----------------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 41-1404829 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a) |___| (b) |_X_| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION State of Minnesota --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 1,339,178 NUMBER OF ------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY -0- OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------- EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 1,339,178 PERSON ------------------------------------------------------- WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,339,178 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) Not Applicable --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 5.90% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) Sit Investment Associates, Inc. (client accounts) IA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ -------------------------- CUSIP No. 112792106 13G Page 3 of 6 Pages ------------------------------ -------------------------- ITEM 1 (a) Name of Issuer: Brookfield Mortage Opportunity Fund (BOI) ITEM 1 (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: Brookfield Place 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor New York, NY 10281 ITEM 2 (a) Name of Person Filing: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. Sit Investment Associates, Inc. ("SIA") is an Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. SIA has two subsidiaries, each of which are registered Investment Advisers: 1. Sit Investment Fixed Income Advisors ("SIFIA") 41-1845054 2. Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC 41-1894024 SIA is the Investment Advisor for thirteen mutual funds (the "Funds") which are comprised of five registered investment companies, two of which consist of series funds as listed below. SIA has the voting power and dispositive power for all securities owned by SIA and the following mutual funds. 1) Sit Mid Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 2) Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 3) Sit U.S. Government Securities Fund, Inc. Sit Mutual Funds, Inc. 4) Sit International Growth Fund (series A) 5) Sit Balanced Fund (series B) 6) Sit Developing Markets Growth Fund (series C) 7) Sit Small Cap Growth fund (series D) 8) Sit Dividend Growth Fund (series G) 9) Sit Global Dividend Growth Fund (series H) 10) Sit Small Cap Dividend Growth Fund (series I) Sit Mutual Funds II, Inc. 11) Sit Tax-Free Income Fund (series A) 12) Sit Minnesota Tax-Free Income Fund (series B) 13) Sit Quality Income Fund (series E) Of the affiliated entities indicated above, only SIA and its affiliates (client accounts) beneficially owned shares of the Issuer common stock as of December 31, 2015. ------------------------------ -------------------------- CUSIP No. 112792106 13G Page 4 of 6 Pages ------------------------------ -------------------------- ITEM 2 (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: 3300 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 ITEM 2 (c) Citizenship: Minnesota Corporation ITEM 2 (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock ITEM 2 (e) CUSIP Number: 112792106 ITEM 3 (e) (a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (b) [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (d) [ ] Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act (e) [ X ] Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. (f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund: see section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) (g) [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with section 240.13d- 1(b)(ii)(G) (Note :see Item 7) (h) [ ] Group, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H) ITEM 4 Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with sole voting power; and aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person: SIA and Affiliates Ownership as of 12/31/15: Shares SIA (client accounts) 1,339,178 Total Shares Owned By SIA and Affiliated Entities 1,339,178 ------------------------------ -------------------------- CUSIP No. 112792106 13G Page 5 of 6 Pages ------------------------------ --------------------------- (b) Percent of Class: Outstanding as of 12/31/15: 22,714,000 SIA and Affiliates Ownership @ 12/31/15: % Owned SIA (client accounts) 5.90% Total Shares Owned By SIA and Affiliated Entities 5.90% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 1,339,178 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 1,339,178 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 ITEM 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ]. ITEM 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: N/A ITEM 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company: N/A ITEM 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: N/A ITEM 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A ------------------------------ --------------------------- CUSIP No. 112792106 13G Page 6 of 6 Pages ------------------------------ --------------------------- ITEM 10 Certification By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes of effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. Date: February 10, 2016 By: /s/ Paul E. Rasmussen Title: Vice President