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  Brookfield Asset Management Inc.          Tel 416.363.9491
  Brookfield Place      Fax 416.365.9642
  181 Bay Street, Suite 300      www.brookfield.com
  Toronto, ON M5J 2T3     

February 22, 2017

Division of Corporation Finance

U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Jennifer Monick

 

RE: Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
   Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2015
   Filed on March 31, 2016
   File No. 033-97038

Thank you for your letter dated February 22, 2016. For your reference we have included, along with our responses, each of your questions in italics using the same numbering references in your letter.

FORM 40-F FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015

Note 11 – Investment Properties & Note 12 – Property, Plant and Equipment

 

1. We have considered your proposed disclosures in response to comment 1. Please address the following:

 

  a. Please also further adjust your disclosures of fair value and key valuation metrics within note 11 and note 12 to disaggregate this information by the same asset classes that you have identified in your proposed sensitivity analysis. We believe such disaggregation to be consistent with the guidance outlined within paragraphs 93 and 94 of IFRS 13.

We acknowledge your comment and propose to add the following disclosure within our 2016 form 40-F.


Within Note 11 – Investment properties:

The key valuation metrics for the company’s investment properties that are measured at fair value are set forth in the table below:

 

     December 31, 2016      December 31, 2015  
     Discount
Rate
     Terminal
Capitalization
Rate
     Investment
horizon
     Discount
Rate
     Terminal
Capitalization
Rate
     Investment
horizon
 

Core Office

                 

United States

                 

Canada

                 

Australia

                 

Europe

                 

Brazil

                 

Opportunistic

                 

Opportunistic Office

                 

Opportunistic Retail

                 

Industrial

                 

Multifamily

                 

Triple Net Lease

                 

Self-storage

                 

Student housing

                 

The following table presents the company’s investment properties measured at fair value in the consolidated financial statements:

 

     As at December 31  
     2016      2015  

Core Office

     

United States

     

Canada

     

Australia

     

Europe

     

Brazil

     

Opportunistic

     

Opportunistic Office

     

Opportunistic Retail

     

Industrial

     

Multifamily

     

Triple Net Lease

     

Self-storage

     

Student housing

     

The key valuation inputs relating to the above are Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Within Note 12 – Property Plant and equipment:

The key valuation metrics for the company’s Property, Plant and Equipment that are measured at fair value within the Renewable Power segment are set forth in the table below:

 

     December 31, 2016      December 31, 2015  
     Discount
Rate
     Terminal
Capitalization
Rate
     Investment
Horizon
     Discount
Rate
     Terminal
Capitalization
Rate
     Investment
Horizon
 

North America

                 

Brazil

                 

Colombia

                 

Europe

                 

The following table summarizes the percentage of total generation contracted under power purchase agreements:

 

     As at December 31, 2016  
     1 - 10 years      10 - 20 years  

North America

     

Brazil

     

Colombia

     

Europe

     

The following table summarizes power prices from long-term power purchase agreements that are linked specifically to the related power generating assets:

 

     As at December 31, 2016  
     1 - 10 years      10 - 20 years  

North America

     

Brazil

     

Colombia

     

Europe

     

 

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The following table summarizes the estimates of future electricity prices:

 

     As at December 31, 2016  
     1 - 10 years      10 - 20 years  

North America

     

Brazil

     

Colombia

     

Europe

     

The following table presents the company’s property, plant and equipment within the renewable power segment measured at fair value in the consolidated financial statements:

 

     As at December 31  
     2016      2015  

North America

     

Brazil

     

Colombia

     

Europe

     

The key valuation inputs relating to the above are Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

  b. We note your statement that “sensitivity to reasonably likely changes in discount rates and terminal capitalization rates are quantitatively immaterial with respect to PP&E within the Infrastructure and Property segments.” Please confirm for us, if true, that a 25 basis point change to the relevant unobservable inputs for PP&E within Infrastructure and Property segments is quantitatively immaterial.

We confirm that a 25 basis point change in discount rates and terminal capitalization rates for PP&E within the Infrastructure and Property segments is quantitatively immaterial.

Should you have any further questions and/or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at (416) 363-9491.

Yours truly,

/s/ Brian D. Lawson

 

Brian D. Lawson

Chief Financial Officer

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

 

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