Private Equity

The first edition of CEPR’s private equity newsletter takes a look at the industry’s plan to grab worker’s retirement funds, plus updates on the health care industry and a new resource on the takeover of child care providers.

The US financial sector has grown far beyond what efficiency requires, creating massive waste that sensible reforms could sharply reduce.

Trump’s new executive order aims to shrink private equity’s presence in the housing market, which has long been a goal of progressive lawmakers.

Private equity fundraising is still in trouble — which explains the rise of secondary funds and ‘continuation vehicles.’ Is it all just a way of delaying the inevitable reckoning?

The private equity industry enters 2026 with many of the same problems it has faced for years. Is a reckoning in store?

A bill to rein in private equity abuses in the health care industry is being reintroduced; at the same time, a Texas judge will make a key ruling in one high profile bankruptcy case involving a private equity company and a nursing home chain.

EA’s private-equity acquisition caps decades of exploitative practices and signals a dangerous shift toward deeper consolidation and monetization across the gaming industry.

Military leaders called in private equity industry leaders for a meeting about meeting infrastructure needs. What could it mean?

Political corruption is at the heart of the largest leveraged buyout ever, which could transform the video game industry.

States like California are making moves to challenge the power of private equity when it comes to healthcare.