Private equity in higher education
Following a decline in private equity acquisitions of for-profit colleges and universities due to regulatory scrutiny, poor student outcomes, and institutional collapse, firms have shifted to acquiring companies…
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Private equity behind 60% of manufacturing bankruptcies in Q3
Since 2024, PESP has tracked and analyzed corporate bankruptcies, identifying the disproportionate role that private equity-owned firms have played in bankruptcy filings. This trend continued into the third quarter of 2026. Although private equity-backed firms make up only…
Private equity hospital ownership nearly 1 in 8 private hospitals
One $3.9 billion acquisition pushes PE hospital ownership to nearly 1 in 8 private hospitals Updated PESP tracker shows private equity firms continue buying hospitals as Massachusetts regulators review late-filed Select Medical transaction notice Chicago, IL — A single…
New analysis outlines policy strategies to protect manufactured housing from corporate landlords
A new report from advocates the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction) analyzes emerging policy solutions aimed at protecting residents of manufactured housing as private equity and other corporate landlords continue to buy up…
NBC investigates private equity and patient safety at Waterbury Hospital
An NBC News investigation examines how years of financial struggles, staffing shortages, and patient safety failures at Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut preceded the death of a 21-year-old patient who had been admitted for…
Protecting Manufactured Housing from Private Equity
The fifth installment of our Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords policy analysis series is Protecting Manufactured Housing from Private Equity, which analyzes a suite a policy interventions to combat private equity’s growing presence…
PESP Private Equity Hospital Tracker (Oct 2026)
PESP has created the Private Equity Hospital Tracker (October 2026) A current list of all private equity-owned hospitals in the U.S. Key Points Approximately 561 US hospitals are owned by private equity firms. That represents:…
Quorum sale raises concerns reminiscent of Steward, Prospect
GoldenTree’s Quorum Health sale echoes private equity exits from Steward Health, Prospect Medical As New Mexico regulators review the proposed sale, PESP warns 11 hospitals could be left with 30% more debt while Wall Street lenders receive a payout New…
The Quorum Health Sale
A PESP report examines GoldenTree Asset Management’s proposed $957 million sale of Quorum Health to a newly formed nonprofit, raising concerns that the company’s hospitals could face the same financial pressures seen at Steward Health Care…
The investment risks of AI data centers
From AI Boom to Investment Risk: Rethinking pension fund data center exposure As community opposition, regulatory scrutiny, and infrastructure constraints mount, some public pension funds are beginning to reconsider their exposure to data center investments. Their decisions raise…
How PE could profit from federal school voucher programs while diminishing services
In September, the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) released a brief detailing private equity’s presence in K-12 education throughout the state and how firms may be well-positioned to profit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program, while diminishing pedagogical,…
Residents at YES! Communities park in Oklahoma experience “serial evictions,” rent-to-own pressure
Yes! Communities’ eviction activity in Oklahoma has gained recent media attention, with one TV news story describing the company as a “serial evictor.”[1] Yes was recently acquired by Brookfield Asset Management, one of the largest private equity firms…
