Brookfield Asset Management 2008 Year End Confe...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - January 07, 2009) - Brookfield Asset
Management Inc. (TSX: BAM)(NYSE: BAM)(AEX: BAMA) -




                                      - NOTICE -
                                2008 YEAR END RESULTS

                CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST FOR INVESTORS AND ANALYSTS

                           2008 Year End Conference Call
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                          Date: Friday, February 13, 2009

                          Time: 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

You are invited to participate in Brookfield Asset Management's 2008
Year End Conference Call & Webcast on Friday, February 13, 2009 at
11:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss with members of senior management our
results and current business initiatives. These results will be
released on February 13th at approximately 8:00 a.m. and will be
available following the release on our website at www.brookfield.com
under "Press Releases".

To participate in the Conference Call, please dial 1-800-319-4610
toll free in North America, or for overseas calls please dial
604-638-5340 at approximately 10:50 a.m. The Conference Call will
also be Webcast live at


http://services.choruscall.com/links/bam090113.html. For those unable
to participate in the Conference Call, the webcast will be archived
and available until midnight March 13, 2009. To access this
rebroadcast, please call 1-800-319-6413 or 604-638-9010 (password:
2811).

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is focused on property, power and
infrastructure assets and has approximately $90 billion of assets
under management. The company's shares are listed on the New York and
Toronto stock exchanges under the symbols BAM and BAM.A,
respectively, and on Euronext under the symbol BAMA. For more
information, please visit Brookfield's web site at
www.brookfield.com.

Contacts:
If you have any questions about the Conference Call,
please contact: Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Linda Northwood, Director, Investor Relations
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.brookfield.com


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