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The Washington Post on Monday detailed how private equity Blackstone’s ability to extract so much money out of Apria Healthcare is an example of how the profits flowing to private equity owners can be disconnected from the realities of…
PESP Executive Director Jim Baker was a guest speaker at UNI Global Union’s annual G4S Global Alliance forum, highlighting the amount of debt the British multinational will have if it is over by private equity firm Warburg Pincus and…
In light of the growing investor interest in health care and the risks associated with private equity ownership of health care companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed health care acquisitions. Below is a list…
Using very moving, sometimes chilling examples of the consequences faced by ordinary families who live in single family rental housing owned by private equity and big corporate firms, The Toronto Star presents arguments on how that industry “is structurally…
Private equity and debt firm Oaktree Capital owns thousands of apartments around the US. Despite the CDC eviction moratorium, affiliates of Oaktree Capital have continued to file and advance residential eviction cases. Oaktree Capital affiliates have filed at least 270…
Outsized Impact on Marginalized Communities Private equity firms and other corporate landlords have filed to evict more than 16,000 people in the first two months of 2021 even with a nationwide eviction moratorium ordered by the Centers for Disease Control…
A new academic study has found that private equity ownership of nursing homes has disquieting impacts on operations and patient care, including increasing the mortality of Medicare patients by 10%. Drawing from data reported by the Centers for Medicare…
Announcing a new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, Bloomberg reports how private equity’s increasing reach in the taxpayer-funded healthcare sector has exposed them to false-claims actions “where corporate whistle-blowers bring allegations of civil fraud to the attention of…
Helping to peel off some of the layers of mystery surrounding the practices of private equity firms, Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times examined dividend recaps, “a kind of borrowing long condemned for loading up companies with debt…
Despite calls from public officials and unions, companies have failed to address how they will support employees and manage risks Yesterday, security company GardaWorld bowed out of the bidding for giant rival G4S, setting the stage for Allied Universal, owned…
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,…
At its meeting last month, the New Mexico State Investment Council discussed the regulatory and headline risk associated with private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners’ actions at safety net hospital chain Prospect Medical Holdings. NM SIC is a…
