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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project will give testimony in support of proposed legislation in the Oregon House of Representatives, HB 2601, which is being heard in the Committee on Emergency Management, General Government,…
Oaktree Capital has been named in reports of alleged illicit Iranian oil smuggling in possible violation of sanctions, in addition to the private equity firm’s extensive portfolio of oil and gas investments. A non-profit organization that monitors Iran identified…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an important set of proposed rules in November 2021 to curb methane emissions from oil and gas production operations. The Private Equity Stakeholder Project joined with 150 organizations representing environmental,…
Private equity and debt firm Oaktree Capital owns thousands of apartments around the US. Despite the CDC eviction moratorium, affiliates of Oaktree Capital have continued to file and advance residential eviction cases. Oaktree Capital affiliates have filed at least 270…
The nation’s largest corporate landlords received about $320 million in federal COVID-19 relief subsidies, but still filed thousands of evictions — even during the CDC moratorium. After months of research into eviction data and COVID-19 subsidies, Jobs With Justice…
The nation’s largest corporate landlords received about $320 million in federal COVID-19 relief subsidies, but still filed thousands of evictions — even during the CDC moratorium. After months of research into eviction data and COVID-19 subsidies, Jobs With Justice…
While the recent surge in COVID-19 cases around the US has overwhelmed hospitals and led governments to reimpose restrictions, many private equity firms and other corporate landlords that own apartment buildings, rental homes, and mobile home parks do not seem…
On September 1, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a moratorium on residential evictions through the end of the year to help limit the spread of COVID-19, noting: “In the…
As the oil industry shudders through cratering demand and rock-bottom prices, analysts are expecting a wave of bankruptcies,[1] a particular vulnerability for companies carrying a heavy debt load. Private equity firms poured $65 billion into oil investments in…
Full report available here. Over the past decade, more than 1.3 million people have lost their jobs due to trouble or bankruptcies at retail companies owned by private equity and hedge funds, according to a new study released…
When Toys ‘R’ Us shut down earlier this year, 33,000 workers lost their jobs. Now, two of the company’s former owners and creditors, KKR and Bain Capital, have contributed $20 million to a fund to support laid off Toys…
In October, the New York Times highlighted the efforts of fired Toys “R” Us workers to win a hardship fund from the financial firms that took Toys “R” Us into bankruptcy and liquidation as part of a broader story on…
