Private equity and other private funds control growing portions of the economy, including in areas crucial to all of our lives, like housing and care–typically increasing prices and decreasing quality. These billionaire factories repeatedly take advantage of loopholes and exemptions to funnel money to their executives at the expense of workers, patients, consumers, real economy businesses, and a sustainable planet. We can change the rules to stop their extremes of extraction.
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AFR In the News
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Statement: SEC Republicans Delay Rule to Monitor Shadow Banking for Another Year
Today, the SEC postponed for a third time the deadline for large private funds, like hedge funds and private equity firms, to begin reporting information on how their funds contribute to systemic financial risk.
AFR In the News
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NetworkWorld: BlackRock’s $40B data center deal opens a new infrastructure battle for CIOs
Private equity firms have accounted for 80-90% of total data center merger and acquisition activity since 2022, according to a report by Americans for Financial Reform. Transaction values reached $73 billion in 2024, up from $26 billion in 2023, according to Synergy Research Group.
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Senator Markey: Markey, Sanders, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Protect Health Systems from Predatory Real Estate Investment Trust Deals
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Northwest Progressive Institute: Book Review: “Plunder” offers a seabird’s eye view of the harms that private equity is inflicting on America
Don’t Let Wall Street Gamble with Your Golden Years
