this firm was purchased for over uss billion in by a consortium of canadian investment funds led by brookfield asset management bam in addition of its capital is applied in more cyclical activities such as residential real estate or privately owned firms actis is a private capital enterprise that invests in emerging market infrastructure projects or in those that capture the growing purchasing power of the new middle classes it has us billion in its portfolio invested in firms only of its assets are in energy and in latin america the monies it manages mainly come from pension funds investment funds and sovereign wealth funds