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Cerberus Capital Management Risk Assessment

Cerberus Capital Management has raised tens of billions of dollars from institutional investors, such as pension funds, university endowments, and foundations. Institutional investors should assess whether the returns generated by Cerberus’ investments are adequate for the risks they entail.

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Report: Roark Capital’s Booming Wage Theft Risk

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has published a report documenting rampant wage theft at fast food companies owned by Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Partners, such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Jimmy John’s, Sonic Drive-Ins, and others. Roark Capital specializes…

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Is Roark Capital Building a Franchise Bubble?

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project published a report on Atlanta-based Roark Capital Partners IV, which specializes in buying and running franchise businesses, especially within the food and restaurant industry. The performance of Roark, which closed at $2.5 billion in…

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New Report: “Private Equity Energy Bets Burn Investors”

While institutional investors increasingly eschew fossil fuels, private equity faces a reckoning The Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a report today that analyzes the energy fund returns for private equity over the past decade. This report finds that private…

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