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Earlier today, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released a report “Private Prisons and Investment Risks, Part Two: How Private Prison Companies Fuel Mass Incarceration—and How Public Pension Funds Are at Risk,” which looks at investment risk for pension…
On February 2, the Oregonian ran an op-ed by David Rogers, executive director of the ACLU of Oregon, on the state’s investments with Endeavour Capital, the private equity firm that owns Aladdin Bail Bonds. From the op-ed: “So what…
Private equity firm Endeavour Capital recently drew media attention after an affiliate, Triton Management Services LLC, contributed nearly $800,000 to an effort to overturn California’s recent landmark legislation to reform the state’s bail system. Triton, which is majority-owned by…
A new report “Private equity giants converge on manufactured homes” details how many of the largest private equity and real estate investors in the world, managing more than $1.77 trillion in assets, have converged on the manufactured housing sector,…
Last week, dozens of Sears and Kmart employees sent a letter to the hedge funds and other creditors that control Sears and are driving the retailer’s bankruptcy reorganization. Following the lead of Toys ‘R’ Us workers, who recently won…
