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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…
With the expiration on July 31 of the CDC eviction moratorium, private equity firms and other corporate landlords who have filed to evict at least 75,000 residents since the federal eviction moratorium took affect face a choice – work with…
Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins. A special few even collect back scratchers and traffic cones. For hobbyists like these, there’s charm and salve in discovering and curating a wide-ranging set of rarities and oddities. The pastime is one…
On the heels of a hearing on evictions by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to eleven major corporate landlords, calling on them to commit to helping tenants obtain…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project Executive Director Jim Baker testified at a Hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, along with affected renters, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and others on Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.
Private Equity Stakeholder Project Executive Director Jim Baker will be joining affected renters, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and others at a hearing on Tuesday, July 27, testifying on the state of evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the status…
The Guardian exposed how things deteriorated soon after OpenGate Capital acquired Hufcor, a family-owned company founded in Janesville 120 years ago. Workers told reporter Steve Greenhouse, “They basically told us ‘We don’t want to get to know you.’” In late…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines the private equity owners behind many US nursing homes in a new report: “Pulling Back the Veil on Today’s Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes.” In the wake of a devastating year for nursing…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines the private equity owners behind many US nursing homes in a new report: “Pulling Back the Veil on Today’s Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes.” In the wake of a devastating year for nursing…
A few weeks after KKR recommitted to fracking through a portfolio company merger, it’s picking up additional drilling assets from ConocoPhillips. ConocoPhillips reported it is selling all of its Wyoming assets to KKR’s Contango, which includes 446 billion…
UK-based private equity firm BC Partners struggled to raise its last buyout fund, BC European Capital X, in 2017. History may be repeating itself with BC Partners’ newest buyout fund, BC Partners XI. BC Partners began talking with investors…
