PESP in the News – media coverage February 2025
March 5, 2025
PESP’s work and research into the private equity industry generates significant media coverage in numerous outlets. Scroll down to see where our expertise was featured in February 2025.
Featured coverage
Private equity in child care: Experts fear problems, lawmakers take notice
Chalkbeat Colorado
February 14, 2025
PESP senior research and campaign coordinator Azani Creeks provided background on the PE industry for a story on childcare investments:
Typically, there are several minority investors in a venture capital round of funding, while private equity firms tend to take a majority stake in acquisitions, said Azani Creeks, senior research and campaign coordinator for the nonprofit watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project. She said venture capital firms tend to invest in smaller companies, but have a similar profit motive to private equity firms.
Private equity tied to 21% of healthcare bankruptcies for second consecutive year
HealthExec
February 12, 2025
PESP’s recent report on private equity links to 2024 bankruptcies garnered media attention in several outlets:
According to a report from the nonprofit watchdog Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), 56% of large corporate bankruptcies in all industries had a history of private equity ownership. “Large,” in this context, refers to entities with liabilities exceeding $500 million. Of the eight such filings in healthcare last year, seven companies had a history of private equity ownership.
Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense
Sierra Club
February 10, 2025
A PESP research brief exposed just how much of the LNG industry is already controlled by international investors—and how little of its profits will actually benefit U.S. households.
“Trump says LNG terminals existing on U.S. soil will generate some positive impact on the economy, [but] this is obviously an oversimplification of the LNG market,” said Nichole Heil, a researcher at PESP and author of the LNG report. “We’re seeing more and more foreign investment in U.S. LNG projects, which will divert profits away from U.S. companies.”
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OR housing crisis: Merkley introduces bill to stop hedge funds from buying homes
KOIN
February 27, 2025
Private equity’s reach in Philadelphia health care
WHYY
February 24, 2025
Private equity investment in healthcare remained steady in 2024: report
Healthcare Dive
February 24, 2025
Report Shows Private Equity Interest in Health Care Holds Steady
Home Care Magazine
February 24, 2025
Healthcare Saw Consistent PE Investment in 2024
Middle Market
February 24, 2025
Mexico’s LNG Ambitions Face the Trump Era and Environmental Concerns
Maritime Executive
February 23, 2025
Private Equity and You
WERU Community Radio
February 21, 2025
CEOs’ Bailout Plan Is Ruining The Economy
The Lever
February 20, 2025
The latest on the harms of private equity in health care
Association of Health Care Journalists
February 20, 2025
Study finds hospital occupancy rates up since COVID-19 pandemic; Colorado better than U.S. average
The Denver Gazette
February 20, 2025
Private equity will not save our health care system
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
February 19, 2025
Health Execs Showered Trump With Millions; CDC Data Altered; Healthcare Bankruptcies
Medpage Today
February 19, 2025
Mexico’s LNG ambitions face the Trump era and environmental concerns
Los Ángeles Press
February 19, 2025
Report: Private equity ties common in health care bankruptcies
Pittsburgh Business Times
February 17, 2025
PE firms linked to 21% bankruptcies in US healthcare
Medical Buyer
February 17, 2025
Private equity in child care: Experts fear problems, lawmakers take notice
Chalkbeat Colorado
February 14, 2025
The case for private equity and ASCs
Becker’s ASC Review
February 14, 2025
‘We need more eyes, more scrutiny, we need more information about the financials for private health care companies:’ TV6 Investigates solutions to lowering costs and raising health care quality
WLUC TV6
February 14, 2025
Private equity behind 88 percent of large healthcare-related bankruptcies in 2024: report
McKnights Senior Living
February 13, 2025
Private equity played major role in 2024 healthcare bankruptcies
Medical Buyer
February 13, 2025
PE Ownership and Bankruptcy Link Strengthens in Healthcare, Retail for 2024
Privitas
February 13, 2025
PE Watchdog Sounds Bankruptcy Alarm, Faces Doubts
Law360
February 12, 2025
Private equity tied to 21% of healthcare bankruptcies for second consecutive year
HealthExec
February 12, 2025
Private equity behind large healthcare bankruptcies in 2024
TechTarget
February 12, 2025
Private equity investors worry as states debate oversight bills
Modern Healthcare
February 12, 2025
Playing within the rules of the game’: How PE could boost ASCs
Becker’s ASC Review
February 12, 2025
Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense
Sierra Club
February 10, 2025
Affordable housing is in short supply across the US. Atlanta may have found a way forward
The Guardian
February 10, 2025
Will Congress Ever “Liberate” Methadone?
Mother Jones
February 7, 2025
Unpacking 3 major healthcare private equity bankruptcies
Becker’s ASC Review
February 7, 2025
New bill would crack down on corporations buying Florida homes
Tampa Bay Times
February 6, 2025
An allocator’s guide to reigning in private equity’s worst excesses in healthcare
Impact Alpha
February 5, 2025
The Brief: Responsible AI in the Age of Trump
Impact Alpha
February 5, 2025
Larger Medical Bankruptcies Less Frequent in 2024: Report
Medscape
February 3, 2025
