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In light of the growing investor interest in health care and the risks associated with private equity ownership of health care companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed health care acquisitions. Below is a list…
The health care industry has increasingly been a target for private equity investment. This is despite the fact that private equity investment in health care companies carries substantial risk to patients, workers, and investors. Firms typically take controlling ownership stakes,…
Private equity-backed companies comprised the majority of oil and gas producer bankruptcies in 2020. Of the companies that filed for bankruptcy last year, 57 percent are backed by private equity firms, or 26 of the 46 filings.[1] The high…
Oil company bankruptcies are on the rise, on track in the first nine months of 2020 to hit the highest number since the 2016 price downturn. However, compared to 2016, this year’s bankrupt companies are carrying substantially more debt.
Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their jobs due to bankruptcies and store closures. Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their…
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…
Last Monday, dozens of Toys “R” Us employees from around the country visited KKR, Bain Capital, and Vornado’s offices in New York City. Private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital and real estate firm Vornado took $464…
Retail chain Toys “R” Us recently began liquidation, closing 800 stores and laying off 33,000 employees.[i] Toys “R” Us collapsed under more than $5 billion in debt piled on by private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital and…
