Washington, D.C. – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) expansions to the information collected by private funds over Form PF and Form CPO will provide both the agencies and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) with greater visibility and early warning signs into portions of the $21 trillion private fund industry.
Washington, D.C. – Private Equity Climate Risks is launching the Private Equity Energy Tracker, the first-of-its-kind, searchable portal that provides a catalog of the energy holdings of eight of the top North American private equity firms: KKR, The Carlyle Group (NGP), Brookfield (Oaktree Capital), The Blackstone Group, TPG Capital, Warburg Pincus, Apollo Global Management, and Ares Management. Collectively, they hold around $4.3 trillion in assets under management (AUM).
Washington, D.C. – Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund is urging the Supreme Court to take up a case, Kirschner v. JP Morgan, that could change the way regulators treat the syndicated loans, and potentially improve investor protections in this $3 trillion market.
The private equity push into the life insurance business demands a robust state and federal policy response to curb the emerging risks created when a notoriously predatory industry seeks control of the vast quantities of money generated by premium-paying policyholders, according to a new report from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund.
WASHINGTON, DC – Amidst growing concerns over climate risks and the spread of corporate-financed disinformation campaigns around the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investing, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) and Take On Wall Street launched: ESGexplainer.org. This website provides clear, accurate information on the importance of ESG investing for individual investments and overall portfolio health.
New report highlights stark discrepancy between Brookfield’s reported emissions and its actual carbon footprint.