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Private equity firms and the companies they own come in contact with students, teachers, administrators, and families in a variety of ways in the education sector. With the power to create educational content and administer tests, hire school staff, manage…
A new article from Hawai’i Business Magazine covers the effect of Blackstone and other firms in Hawai’i’s West Oahu rental market, relaying tenants’ experiences with rising rents and added fees. Hawai’i Business Magazine:…
In October 2022, grocery giant Kroger announced plans to buy competitor Albertsons for $24.6 billion. Albertsons announced an additional $4 billion dividend payout to investors, which would primarily go to a group of private equity and…
Since September 2022, Atlanta-based journalism outlet 11Alive News has been publishing a series of televised news stories about ongoing issues Progress Residential. Owned by private equity group Pretium…
People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign has drafted an executive order for President Biden, with the hopes of addressing the nation’s housing crisis. The executive order draft was signed by over 250 organizations including the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
The Washington Post found that apartments sold to private investors and real estate trusts rose from 44 percent in 2011 to 70 percent in early 2022, with few benefiting more than Starwood Capital Group. Over the past seven years,…
Earlier this month, a US District Court judge in Nebraska granted an injunction sought by the US Department of Labor to halt alleged “oppressive child labor” by Packers Sanitation Services Inc (PSSI), a cleaning company owned by private equity firm…
A new PESP report detailing the North Carolina Retirement System’s (NCRS) history of investing over $3.2 billion in the private equity firm Landmark Partners has gained media coverage by the NC press. WUNC reported how PESP lays out Landmark Partners’…
There has been substantial media coverage of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley’s introduction of legislation aimed at limiting hedge fund and private equity ownership of residential housing. KZTV, November 30, 2022: Merkley introduces bill to ban hedge fund ownership of…
“That has put tenants and landlords on a collision course. The battle between the Southern Towers tenants and CIM could presage what’s to come across America.” A recent Insider article detailed problems at the Southern Towers apartment complex in Northern…
A new report by Moody’s Investors Service has found that healthcare companies in North America are increasingly facing credit rating downgrades and potential defaults, including 34 companies rated B3 negative or lower.[1] PESP has found that 30 of…
Jose Rivera, the Chief Boiler Operator at Refresco’s Wharton, NJ, plant and a member of his union’s contract negotiating committee, and Cesar Moreira, also a Refresco worker in the blend room and a member of his bargaining committee, joined with…
