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As the oil industry shudders through cratering demand and rock-bottom prices, analysts are expecting a wave of bankruptcies,[1] a particular vulnerability for companies carrying a heavy debt load. Private equity firms poured $65 billion into oil investments in…
Clothing retailer J. Crew, which is owned by private equity firms TPG and Leonard Green & Partners, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today.[i] It is the first major retailer to file for bankruptcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. While…
Over the last decade, private equity and similar investment firms have bought up growing portions of the US housing market, acquiring apartments, single family homes, and manufactured home communities. Wall Street landlords now own the homes of millions…
Private equity ownership of nursing homes has drawn substantial scrutiny in recent years, from HCR ManorCare’s increasing health code violations leading up to its bankruptcy to Golden Living’s lawsuits and regulatory violations. An academic study published in…
Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners claims health care as one of its core areas of investment, though its past actions at health care portfolio companies suggests a pattern of aggressive financial policies, saddling portfolio companies with debt…
Two of the largest health care providers to jails, prisons, and detention centers in the US, Wellpath and Corizon, are owned by private equity firms, HIG Capital and BlueMountain Capital, respectively. Resources: July 2019: “HIG Capital’s and Wellpath’s Correctional…
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented risk for people who are incarcerated or detained. Prisons and jails are breeding grounds for infection as people are crowded into tight quarters and forced to share cells and showers, making social distancing impossible…
(pdf version) Over the last several years, the private equity and private funds industry has grown dramatically and, in the process, has come to touch more and more aspects of people’s lives. Private market assets under management hit an…
Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners owns safety net hospital chain Prospect Medical Holdings, which has 17 hospitals in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Over the course of its ownership of Prospect, Leonard Green and other…
Over the past few decades, the number of Americans incarcerated in jails has swelled, contributing significantly to the nation’s mass incarceration crisis. On any given day, more than 400,000 people are in jail even though they have not been convicted…
Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management owns grocery retailer Albertsons-Safeway, the largest private equity-owned company in the United States and the second largest grocery retailer, employing around 270,000 workers. Albertsons-Safeway is reportedly considering an IPO amid…
In December, private equity firm KKR announced it was acquiring a significant equity interest in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project in Canada. According to media reports, KKR’s investment in the project has not yet closed –…
