Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
Public
Traded as NYSE: BIP
TSX: BIP.UN
Industry Infrastructure asset management
Founded Hamilton, Bermuda (January 14, 2008)
Headquarters Hamilton, Bermuda
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Samuel Pollock (CEO)
Revenue Increase US$1.63 billion (2011)
Increase US$549 million (2011)
Profit Decrease US$187 million (2011)
Total assets Decrease US$13.3 billion (2011)
Total equity Increase US$648 million (2011)
Parent Brookfield Asset Management
Subsidiaries Utilities
Transport
Energy
Timber
Website www.brookfieldinfrastructure.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is a publicly traded limited partnership headquartered in Hamilton (Bermuda), that engages in the acquisition and management of infrastructure assets on a global basis.[2][3]

Until a spin-off in January 2008, Brookfield Infrastructure was an operating unit of Brookfield Asset Management, which retains a 41% ownership and acts as the partnership's general manager.[4][5] The company's assets carried a book value of $3.38 billion US$, in February 2011.[6]

Operations

After the spin-off from Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Infrastructure only operated timber properties and electricity transmission lines; in September 2008, the company announced it would expand and diversify its global operations by buying infrastructure holdings from distressed Babcock & Brown, thus adding approximately US$8 billion of assets under management.[7][8]

In December 2010 the company completed a merger with Australian company Prime Infrastructure in which it held a minority interest.[9]

In February 2011, the company owned and managed the following assets:[10]

Country Operation Sector Ownership
Australia Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Ports 71%
Australia Public–private partnership Hospitals 50%
Australia Tasmanian Gas Network Energy 100%
Australia Brookfield Rail Rail transport 100%
Canada Island Timberlands Lumber 38%
Canada Ontario Transmission Energy Transmission 100%
Chile Transelec Energy Transmission 18%
Europe Euroports Ports 60%
New Zealand Powerco Energy 42%
UK IEG Energy 100%
UK PD Ports Ports 60%
UK Public–private partnership Hospitals 30%
USA Hydro Kennebec Renewable energy 30%
USA Longview Timber Lumber 30%
USA Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Pipeline transport 25%


References

  1. "Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP)". Yahoo! Finance.
  2. "Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. - Company Profile". Reuters. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  3. "Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. - Company Snapshot". CorporateInformation.com. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  4. "Brookfield Asset Management Completes Spin-Off of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners". Brookfield Asset Management. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  5. Schnurr, Leah (3 January 2008). "Brookfield Asset sets date for infrastructure spinoff". Reuters. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  6. "February 2011 Investor presentation". Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  7. "Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Completes Recapitalization of Babcock & Brown Infrastructure". Marketwire. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  8. Lindsay, Bill (9 October 2009). "Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Sets Plan". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  9. "Brookfield Infrastructure Announces Closing of Merger with Prime Infrastructure And Implementation of Normal Course Issuer Bid". Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  10. "Operations". Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Retrieved 24 February 2011.