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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-089471"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAM"
cik: "0001937926"
company_name: "Brookfield Asset Management Ltd."
filed_at: "2026-08-03T11:54:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-03T11:55:12.361167+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brookfield completes $3.0B acquisition of Oaktree, now owns 100% of credit manager

## Summary
- Total consideration ~$3.0B in cash and shares for the 26% stake not already owned.
- Combined credit platform now $365B; Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh remain as Co-Chairs of Oaktree.
- US becomes BAM's largest market, home to over 60% of employee base and nearly half of revenue.
- Transaction builds on partnership since 2019; Oaktree operates in 18 countries globally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-089471
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAM
- cik: 0001937926
- company_name: Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.
- filed_at: 2026-08-03T11:54:10+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937926/000110465926089471/0001104659-26-089471-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937926/000110465926089471/tm2619556d1_8k.htm

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