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On June 5, over 90 organizations and individuals, representing patients, workers, communities, public interest advocates, and healthcare researchers, called on federal authorities, as part of their review of competition in health care, to take action…
This spring, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project launched the Private Equity State Risk Index, a groundbreaking tool aimed at assessing the impacts of private equity on different states. The Private Equity State Risk Index provides stakeholders…
Last month, Eileen O’Grady, PESP healthcare director, testified before a field subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The focus of the hearing was “When Health Care Becomes Wealth Care: How Corporate Greed Puts…
Today, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), a nonprofit watchdog of the private equity industry and Wall Street, launches the Private Equity State Risk Index, a groundbreaking tool aimed at assessing the impacts of private equity (PE)…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) have introduced a new bill intended to strengthen state oversight of private equity abuses in healthcare. The move comes amid rising legislative and regulatory scrutiny of…
Biden decision signals decline of LNG, increased risk for investors with exposure to fossil fuels Financial watchdog PESP encourages investors to avoid financial risks of their energy investments Statement from Nichole Heil, climate campaigner and researcher at the…
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.
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk) into law, the first of its kind in the United States.[1] Both bills place…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project applauds new Biden Administration action that brings increased transparency to nursing home ownership In response to a new rule announced today by the Biden Administration to bring greater transparency to nursing home ownership, Chris Noble,…
On July 19, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice released a draft update of the Merger Guidelines, which describe and guide the agencies’ review of mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
On July 21, 2023 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it was proposing amendments to the existing Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP) regulation. FHFA proposes to expand the categories of covered misconduct on which a suspension could be based…
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…
