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Almost 2/3 of top private equity energy portfolio companies are fossil fuel companies
Private Equity Climate Risks researchers update searchable database of top private equity energy portfolios The Private Equity Energy Tracker has been updated through January 2025 by the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) data consortium project. First released in February 2024, the Energy…
Private Equity in Healthcare – PESP’s January 2025 Roundup
Each month, PESP’s Healthcare Team will be putting together a roundup that shares the latest news stories related to private equity in healthcare and highlights the work that our team has published in the last month. In the news…
Farmworkers call for a boycott of Instar-owned Windmill Farms
In December, the United Farm Workers (UFW) announced their first boycott in twenty years, seeking to encourage customers not to buy mushrooms grown at Windmill Farms, which is…
DOJ updates case against Thoma Bravo’s RealPage to include six of largest landlords
The Department of Justice announced it filed an amended complaint to its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage (owned by Thoma Bravo) to sue six of the largest U.S. landlords for their alleged participation in a nationwide rental price-fixing…
Concerns surround appointment of private equity insider to head up Federal Housing Finance Agency
As the second Trump administration takes power, concerns are mounting surrounding the influence of private equity oligarchs in federal housing policy amidst a national affordable housing crisis. During the January 16 hearing regarding the nomination of…
Before going dark, HHS released report on PE in healthcare markets
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report in response to the Consolidation in Health Care Markets Request for Information (RFI) as one of its last actions under the Biden administration.
Private Equity Health Care Acquisitions – December 2024
In light of continued 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…
Massachusetts passes healthcare oversight legislation in response to Steward Health Care crisis
In the eleventh hour of 2024, the Massachusetts legislature passed legislation aimed at increasing healthcare oversight and regulating private equity.[1] On January 8, 2025, Governor Maura Healey signed the bill into law.[2] As highlighted in the…
Top resources on Prospect Medical and Leonard Green & Partners
PESP resources on Prospect Medical Holdings and Leonard Green & Partners for reporters and researchers Reports How Private Equity Raided Safety Net Hospitals and Left Communities Holding the Bag – November 29, 2022…
Potential Gavin owner Energy Capital Partners won’t retire plant
Energy Capital Partners (ECP) is a subsidiary of private equity firm Bridgepoint currently seeking regulatory approval to acquire the 50-year-old James M. Gavin Power Plant, one of the highest emitting, dirtiest and deadliest coal-fired power plants in the…
PESP statement on Department of Justice action against private equity landlord Blackstone for alleged rental price-fixing scheme
Last week, the Department of Justice announced it had filed an amended complaint to its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage in order to sue six of the largest U.S. landlords for their alleged participation in a nationwide…
