The unflappable calm of Bruce Flatt

Underneath the trade noise, Mr. Flatt believes a retooling of the world is rapidly unfolding – and Brookfield is ready to capitalize James Bradshaw Institutional Investing Reporter Photography by Dina Litovsky New york The Globe and Mail Published 16 minutes ago

Bruce Flatt at the Brookfield Asset Management headquarters in New York City in March. The CEO is helming the US$1-trillion asset management behemoth through a time of market turmoil and trade uncertainty.

It was only last fall that Brookfield chief executive officer Bruce Flatt sounded ready to pounce, signalling a turning point for investors from the financial upheaval of the COVID-19 crisis.

After three-plus years of wild volatility that created what he called “brutal conditions

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