Brookfield raises $2.4bn for catalytic transition fund, names four new investors

Brookfield Asset Management has closed $2.4 billion for its Catalytic Transition Fund CTF, as it seeks to raise up to $5 billion for deployment towards clean energy and transition assets in emerging markets. These include funds from CDPQ, GIC, Prudential and Temasek.

CTF was previously launched at COP28 with up to $1 billion of catalytic capital provided by Alterra, the world’s largest private investment vehicle for climate finance based in the United Arab Emirates, with the purpose of mobilising investment at scale to finance a new climate economy.

Alterra’s fund commitment has been designed to receive a capped return, thereby improving risk-adjusted returns...