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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…

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Private Equity Impacts on Washington Workers

And how the state’s pension system could be part of the solution A new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines how private equity investments are affecting Washington workers and the role the state’s pension system could play…

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PESP at Climate Week 2026: Private Equity and AI

New York Climate Week and the high-level week of the 81st United Nations General Assembly took place amid an increasingly fractured geopolitical landscape. Conflict, energy and food security, tensions between major powers, and growing concern about artificial intelligence…

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Private equity profits while Walgreens pays

Proposed $9 billion Boots sale could generate an even bigger payday for Sycamore Partners as Walgreens faces high debt load CHICAGO, IL — Sycamore Partners is reportedly nearing a deal to sell British pharmacy chain Boots…

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Trump SEC follows DOL in private equity bailout push

Trump SEC follows DOL in seeking to bail out private equity, private credit with workers’ retirement savings US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks to expand fees that private equity managers can charge to everyday investors despite underperformance and illiquidity…

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Private equity in U.S. manufacturing

To download a PDF version of this report, click here. Introduction The manufacturing sector is key to the United States economy, accounting for 10.2 percent of the country’s…

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