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In a January 2023 report, “Private Equity Descends on Rural Healthcare,” Private Equity Stakeholder Project released previously unreported data on private equity ownership of rural hospitals. PESP counted at least 130 rural hospitals that are currently owned by private…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project will give testimony in support of proposed legislation in the Oregon House of Representatives, HB 2601, which is being heard in the Committee on Emergency Management, General Government,…
Private equity healthcare investments in 2022 were the second highest on record A new report released by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project provides an analysis of private equity (PE) deal activity in the US healthcare sector during 2022.
In coalition with more than 20 other organizations, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) sent an investor letter to private equity firm Blackstone Friday, February…
Investment firm Cedar Health Group has acquired the former Nix Behavioral Health Hospital in San Antonio, which has sat vacant for three years after being shut down by its parent company Prospect Medical Holdings.[1] Prospect is a safety…
In the first month of 2023, two major private equity-owned behavioral health chains have announced closures and layoffs. Private equity-backed Delphi Behavioral Health Group disclosed in January, in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, that it…
The Carlyle Group’s profits were propped up by fossil fuel investments which generated over $660 million for the firm in 2022, and executives confirmed they are “optimistic” about Carlyle’s energy platforms. Investment income from its oil & gas subsidiary…
Private financing fuels LNG’s uncertain future Part 2: Private equity commits to the LNG industry at the expense of long-term energy transition Private Equity Fuels Proposed Gulf Coast LNG Terminals The U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export industry has…
In December 2022, Congress approved the The Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act after a decades-long fight to make prison communications more affordable.[1] It has since been signed into law.[2] Named for a woman…
Tenants from African Communities Together protested and spoke to the University of California Regents about their investment in the CIM Group: WATCH VIDEO OF THE ACTION. On the morning of January 17th, chants of “C-I-M, SHAME ON…
In 2020, the private equity firm CIM Group purchased Southern Towers, a five-building apartment complex of over 2,000 units in Northern Virginia. For decades, Southern Towers has been home to thousands of hardworking blue-collar families, many of whom are African…
PESP sent an alert in December detailing how Sycamore Partners’ strategy has hurt workers and generated poor returns for investors. Since November, Sycamore Partners has ignored multiple messages requesting a meeting to discuss how it can improve…
