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In August of this year, Roark Capital announced plans to acquire the U.S. sandwich chain Subway for nearly $10 billion. Roark Capital’s acquisition of Subway greatly expands the firm’s global presence as a fast food franchisor – Subway has…
In The Atlantic piece, “The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy,” author Rogé Karma examines how private equity has taken one-fifth of formally publicly-traded companies off the market and effectively hidden them from investors, the media, and regulators.
In the midst of a lawsuit alleging violations of workers’ rights, the Ostrom Mushroom Farm of Sunnyside, Washington – “the largest producer of mushrooms in Washington State and a proud USA company” – has been sold…
Private equity firm Advent International owns hotel operator Aimbridge Hospitality. On October 23, the Los Angeles Times reported on evidence that migrant workers bussed from Texas were found working at Los Angeles and Santa Monica hotels during a…
Newly released investigation finds all eleven of the largest firms received grades of “C” or lower, with seven earning failing grades. On November 13, 2023, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a first-of-its-kind Private Equity…
First-Ever Scorecard Grades Biggest Private Equity Firms On Labor Practices A new labor scorecard developed by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project underscores a pattern of hazardous or negligent labor practices within the industry. All eleven private equity…
First-Ever Scorecard Grades Biggest Private Equity Firms On Labor Practices A new labor scorecard developed by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project underscores a pattern of hazardous or negligent labor practices within the industry. All eleven private equity…
Workers at private equity firm The Blackstone Group‘s Fairfield and Aloft LAX/El Segundo and Sheraton Phoenix hotels walked off the job last Wednesday. The strike comes after a negotiation meeting last week in which a group of hotel…
Roark Capital is one of the largest private equity employers with an estimated 1.4 million employees, the majority of which work in food service. Roark’s acquisition of Subway greatly expands the firm’s global presence as a fast food…
On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules and rule amendments to enhance the regulation of private fund advisers and update the existing compliance rule that applies to all investment advisers. The new rules and…
PESP released its latest report: Private Equity Profits from Disaster. As climate change accelerates and impacts more communities around the world, the need for skilled labor in the disaster restoration industry grows. Increasingly,…
The Guardian covered our latest report: Private Equity Profits from Disaster. As climate change accelerates and impacts more communities around the world, the need for skilled…
