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Private Equity Stakeholder Project Supports Repealing the Carried Interest Loophole as Part of the Inflation Reduction Act Closing the carried interest loophole is long overdue. This tax giveaway has given private equity firms an unfair advantage and has generated enormous…
On February 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) announced publication of a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on what actions, if any, the department should take under federal law to protect retirement savings and pensions from…
PESP expressed strong support for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules that would provide investors with necessary details on the fees, expenses, returns, and compliance records of private funds they are invested in or are considering investing…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) has submitted testimony for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee October 20 hearing: “Protecting Companies and Communities from Private Equity Abuse.” PESP’s written testimony for the US Senate Banking…
H.I.G. stands out from its peers for repeated problems with regulatory and reputational risk across multiple companies, including federal lawsuits for health care fraud and notoriously poor quality at its prison services companies. H.I.G. companies with compliance issues include: Community…
Reuters reported recently on several U.S. private equity firms that have bought coal plants, despite the industry’s decline, using a strategy in markets where regulators pay to be on standby for emergency power capacity. In a March 2, 2021,…
The Washington Post on Monday detailed how private equity Blackstone’s ability to extract so much money out of Apria Healthcare is an example of how the profits flowing to private equity owners can be disconnected from the realities of…
Helping to peel off some of the layers of mystery surrounding the practices of private equity firms, Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times examined dividend recaps, “a kind of borrowing long condemned for loading up companies with debt…
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…
According to financial industry publication Buyouts, private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners is reportedly trying to move assets from its Green Equity Investors V (GEI V) Fund, which began investing in 2007, into a continuation…
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…
