Brookfield Asset management faces bribery probe
11 March 2013
Canadian investment company Brookfield Asset Management is reported to be under investigation by the US Securities & Exchange Commission over allegations that its Brazilian business may have paid bribes to win construction permits.
Brookfield Brasil Shopping Centres is alleged to have paid US$ 663,000 in bribes to officials in Paulistia, Pernambuco, Brazil, to win permits for the developing of a shopping centre.
Brookfield is reported to have vigorously denied any wrongdoing in the case.
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