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PE Files #001: Claire’s PESP’s PE Files take a look at how portfolio companies are impacted by the private equity playbook, from beloved businesses bankrupted to mass layoffs at formerly mom-and-pop operations. WHO: Claire’s; private equity…
Private equity firms have become increasingly powerful players in Michigan’s economy, with nearly 9% of the state’s private sector workforce at private equity-controlled companies.[1] Backed by billions from institutional investors, including pension funds like the State…
Apollo Global Management announced its eleventh flagship fund in late 2024.[1] Despite Apollo’s co-head of equity forecasting “a very successful Fund XI,”[2] labor disputes and other controversies in Apollo’s portfolio may signal less than…
PESP has released the Private Equity Bankruptcy Tracker A running list of U.S. bankruptcies connected to private equity Updated February 12, 2025 Key Findings Disproportionate Role in Bankruptcies Private equity firms played a role in 56% (27 of 48…
PESP Statement on Consideration of Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan for Secretary of the Treasury Earlier this week, news broke that Marc Rowan, CEO of private equity firm Apollo Global Management, is a top contender for the…
In September 2024, Apollo-owned hospital system ScionHealth’s subsidiary, Kindred Health, sold five long term acute care (LTAC) hospitals to Ventas, a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT),[1] in a sale-leaseback transaction valued at $189 million.[2] The…
NBC News published two stories following stories unfolding at Memorial Medical Center, a nonprofit community hospital in Las Cruces, New Mexico owned by the city and the county. The hospital is operated as a for-profit facility by Lifepoint Health, a…
On June 5, in capitulation to the outcry from the private equity industry, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down[1] the Private Fund Advisors rule promulgated by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction) have released the Private Equity Manufactured Housing Tracker, a first-of-its-kind tool monitoring private equity and hedge fund ownership of manufactured housing communities…
The updated Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) Private Equity Hospital Tracker provides a current and refreshed list of all private equity-owned hospitals in the U.S. The data surrounding PE ownership of hospitals is staggering. The PESP…
Private Equity Climate Risks is launching the Private Equity Energy Tracker, the first-of-its-kind, searchable portal that provides a catalog of the energy holdings of eight of the top North American private equity firms:…
A new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project released in January revealed how private equity firm Apollo Global Management’s ownership of two major American hospital systems degrades services, hurts workers, and puts patients at grave risk. The report was…
