Brookfield High Yield Strategic Income Fund Announces Quarterly Distribution

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 18, 2016) - Brookfield High Yield Strategic Income Fund (TSX:BHY.UN) announces a distribution of C$0.1625 per unit for the quarter ending March 31, 2016. The distribution will be paid on or before April 15, 2016 to holders of record on March 31, 2016.

Brookfield Investment Management (the "Firm") is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing real assets public securities strategies including global listed real estate and infrastructure equities as well as corporate credit and securitized credit. With nearly $17 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2015, the Firm manages institutional separate accounts, registered funds and other investment products for clients, including financial institutions, public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds and high net-worth investors. Headquartered in New York, NY, the Firm and its affiliates also maintain offices in Boston, Chicago, London and Toronto.

The Fund is managed by Brookfield Investment Management. The Fund uses its website as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding the Fund is routinely posted on and accessible at www.brookfieldim.com.

Brookfield Investment Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $225 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2015. For more information, go to www.Brookfield.com.

For more information, please visit www.brookfieldim.com.