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The health care industry has increasingly been a target for private equity investment. This is despite the fact that private equity investment in health care companies carries substantial risk to patients, workers, and investors. Firms typically take controlling ownership stakes,…
Private equity firm BC Partners is already among the larger private equity firms by total number of portfolio company employees, with nearly 250,000 employees at companies it owns globally. With portfolio company GardaWorld’s proposed acquisition of competitor G4S (530,000…
Dividend recapitalizations are transactions by which private equity firms load debt onto companies they own to give themselves cash payouts. The tactic has been widely criticized by both supporters and skeptics of the private equity model for needlessly saddling companies…
The largest alternative asset manager’s extensive fossil fuels investments face litigation, community opposition and environmental violations The risks of fossil fuel investments came into sharp focus for the world’s largest alternative asset manager, The Blackstone Group, over the past several…
The behavioral health industry has seen immense growth over the last decade, with a substantial portion of that growth driven by private equity investment. Firms have targeted mental health and addiction services, including outpatient and inpatient therapy, intellectual and developmental…
Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their jobs due to bankruptcies and store closures. Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their…
Coal has become less competitive as a power source and has been a prime target in efforts to halt climate change. The plunge in demand for electricity due to the global coronavirus pandemic is expected to hasten coal’s decline as…
The private equity giant’s forays into the single-family home rental and mortgage business have harmed renters, prospective homebuyers, and homeowners. Our new report, “Cerberus Capital Management’s three-headed attack on homeowners, tenants,” looks at private equity and debt firm Cerberus…
TPG Capital Partners with RV Horizons to Purchase 78 Manufactured Home Communities Based in San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas, TPG Capital is a private equity firm with over $119 billion in assets under management. TPG has an extensive…
Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners owns Prospect Medical Holdings, a healthcare company operating hospitals and clinics in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Texas. Leonard Green is now trying to quietly walk away from Prospect after…
American Securities’ GTL, the largest correctional telephone and communications provider, has faced scrutiny for exorbitant phone and video-calling rates, flaunting legal protections, allegedly bribing government officials, and growing regulatory risk. Full report available here. Key Points: American Securities’ ownership…
Last year, we looked at Cerberus Capital Management’s investment in grocery retailer Albertsons-Safeway, one of the largest private equity-owned companies in the United States by employees. We recently took a closer look at the investment performance of Cerberus’ recent…
