Find more information on the issues deeply affected by private equity investments:
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
