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PE firms bought at least $25 billion in fossil fuel assets from public markets, KKR grabs biggest deals In 2021 and 2022 private equity firms have acquired at least $25 billion of oil and gas assets from the public markets.
The Carlyle Group enters 2023 facing challenges as its efforts to raise new funds and search for a Chief Executive Officer both drag on. The Financial Times reported in…
No Surprises Here Private equity-backed companies are among the top initiating parties in the No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution process In December 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a report containing initial data (covering…
PESP response to NY nurse strike Private equity and the need for better pay and safer staffing in the nursing field 7,000 nurses from two NYC hospitals went on strike Monday, calling for…
In October 2022, grocery giant Kroger announced plans to buy competitor Albertsons for $24.6 billion. Albertsons announced an additional $4 billion dividend payout to investors, which would primarily go to a group of private equity and…
People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign has drafted an executive order for President Biden, with the hopes of addressing the nation’s housing crisis. The executive order draft was signed by over 250 organizations including the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
The Washington Post found that apartments sold to private investors and real estate trusts rose from 44 percent in 2011 to 70 percent in early 2022, with few benefiting more than Starwood Capital Group. Over the past seven years,…
In light of the growing investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare…
With Envision Healthcare at risk for bankruptcy, limited partners invested with KKR should be asking questions In 2018, KKR’s Americas Fund XII acquired Envision Healthcare[1] for $9.9 billion via a leveraged buyout[2] that used about $7…
A new PESP report detailing the North Carolina Retirement System’s (NCRS) history of investing over $3.2 billion in the private equity firm Landmark Partners has gained media coverage by the NC press. WUNC reported how PESP lays out Landmark Partners’…
There has been substantial media coverage of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley’s introduction of legislation aimed at limiting hedge fund and private equity ownership of residential housing. KZTV, November 30, 2022: Merkley introduces bill to ban hedge fund ownership of…
“That has put tenants and landlords on a collision course. The battle between the Southern Towers tenants and CIM could presage what’s to come across America.” A recent Insider article detailed problems at the Southern Towers apartment complex in Northern…
