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Private equity firm KKR commits more capital as important FID is reached Private equity firm KKR has committed new funding to the proposed Port Arthur Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal as the project reached…
After receiving notice that members of United Renters for Justice/Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia would be speaking at its board meeting, and had organized a mass digital action urging its diligence around investments in Pretium Partners, the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement…
Private financing fuels LNG’s uncertain future Part 3: Community resistance can create risks for investors looking to expand LNG export infrastructure As private equity lines up investments into proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals, the firms face a…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) released a new report, “Blackstone Comes to Collect: How America’s Largest Landlord and Wall Street’s Highest Paid CEO Are Jacking Up Rents…
*Blackstone Tenants available for interview in English and in Spanish* As Homelessness Surges, New Report Shows Blackstone Eliminating Thousands of Affordable Housing Units with Rent Hikes: Blackstone Tenants Union to Host Town Hall with San Diego…
This March, PESP healthcare director Eileen O’Grady presented at the annual Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) conference in St. Louis. More than 550 people joined together for the Health Journalism…
PESP Healthcare Director Eileen O’Grady joined Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Crooked Media’s America Dissected podcast to talk about private equity and public health. Eileen spoke about the trends seen with private equity investment in healthcare, especially the trend of purchasing…
The Lever reported on how public officials have been using the retirement savings of unionized teachers, firefighters, and police officers to capitalize — and help Wall Street executives profit from — an outsourcing business that has used low-paid immigrants…
The Department of Labor (DOL) has recently launched investigations into at least two private equity-owned companies that have employed children in dangerous working conditions: Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), owned by Blackstone, and Hearthside Food Solutions, owned by Charlesbank Capital and…
New research compiled by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project illuminates the link between private equity (PE) companies and two controversial projects in Atlanta: Cop City and Blackhall Studios. The report, “PE Profits from Destroying the Atlanta Forest,”…
Private equity firms profit from Atlanta forest destruction PESP uncovers the private equity connections to Cop City and climate activism New research compiled by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) illuminates the link between private equity (PE)…
Overview A recent sale of 10 nursing homes provides an example of how complicated private equity healthcare acquisitions can be, and the ways in which state officials can oversee and regulate private equity acquisitions—both at the time of sale, and…
