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Brookfield Asset Management expects a record fundraising year driven by unprecedented demand for AI infrastructure, where a supply-demand imbalance and scarcity of credible operators heavily favor its business and investment returns.

Author names Brookfield Asset Management among potential beneficiaries if a SpaceX IPO at a high valuation with a tiny public float is added quickly to major indices, forcing passive funds to buy mechanically. The causal mechanism is that active managers can avoid forced buying, wait for better entry points, or allocate to better risk/reward opportunities as passive investing is discredited. Catalyst is the expected SpaceX IPO/index inclusion; timeframe unspecified. Author does not state a company-specific risk, but frames the passive feedback loop as harming retirement savers.

Short BAM alongside peer alt managers — captive insurer/FHLB/mortgage exposure creates structural systemic risk analogous to AIG pre-crisis, per author's explicit warning.