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Private Equity Health Care Acquisitions – July 2025
In light of continued investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare buyouts,…
Over 60 newly identified gas-fired power plants added to PE energy tracker
Private Equity Climate Risks project adds over 60 newly identified gas-fired power plants to energy tracker Explore the expanded Global Fossil Fuel Asset Tracker: now 600 assets across 63 countries The August 2025 update to the Global Fossil Fuel Asset…
Genesis Healthcare files for bankruptcy
Genesis Healthcare, once the largest skilled nursing operator in the United States,[1] filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2025, burdened with more than one billion dollars in debt.[2] The company’s collapse caps years of…
Private equity is buying up homes in Ohio
A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch, “When Wall Street is your landlord: How institutional investors impact central Ohio,” found that six corporate landlords have acquired a…
Another former Pipeline hospital closes
Another former Pipeline hospital closes — Weiss Memorial joins growing list of private equity casualties Formerly owned by Pipeline Health, the hospital’s shutdown is the predictable result of allowing PE to profit from public health. Chicago, IL — Today, Weiss…
PESP warns Trump Executive Order puts 401(k) retirement savings at risk
PESP warns Trump’s Executive Order opening 401(k)s to private equity poses significant risks to working Americans’ retirement savings Executive Order could benefit Wall Street firms while exposing retirement savers to higher fees, poor returns, and hidden risks Today, President Donald…
Private Equity in Healthcare – PESP’s July 2025 Roundup
Each month, PESP’s Healthcare Team will be putting together a roundup that shares the latest news stories related to private equity in healthcare and highlights the work that our team has published in the last month. In the news…
Carlyle partners with Diversified and ADNOC in multi-billion dollar fossil fuel deals
The private equity giant is set to acquire an empire of dying wells in the U.S. and major Liquefied Natural Gas assets in Australia and Papua New Guinea With two major multi-billion-dollar energy deals announced in the works in June,…
KSFR interview: PESP on PE in NM hospitals
New Mexico ranks highest in private equity ownership of private hospitals In a recent interview with KSFR Radio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Eileen O’Grady, former Director of Programs at PESP, shared concerns…
Public health costs of the Gavin coal-fired power plant
The recently-released Private Equity, Public Harm report, outlining the public health impacts caused by emitted air pollutants from private equity-backed fossil fuel infrastructure, found that the General J.M. Gavin coal-fired power plant is…
Private equity firms continue to invest in liquified natural gas globally despite economic and political volatility
Recent plans for “energy dominance” coming from the White House are both stoking the flames of chaos and reducing confidence from investors and policymakers in the future of energy prices, as oil prices…
