The ABCs of Private Equity
From A for Ambulance to Z for Zamboni, this book takes the reader on an alphabetical journey through the myriad ways that private equity has encroached into most parts of everyday life.
Report Category: Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: Famous Last Words on S. 2155
Bankers, lobbyists, elected officials uttered some choice words on 2018’s bank deregulation legislation and the impact of mid-sized banks on financial stability that belong in any good collection of famous last words.
Fact Sheet: Summary of SEC’s Private Funds Proposals
AFREF released a fact sheet summarizing the SEC’s two sets of rule proposals that will
provide investors and regulators with greater transparency into several aspects of the $18 trillion private fund industry.
Fact Sheet: Tax Corporate Stock Buybacks that Enrich Executives and Worsen Inequality
Stock buybacks exacerbate the racial wealth gap, worsen economic inequality, and divert resources from the real economy which harms workers. Taxing buybacks would raise revenue and discourage companies from putting highly-paid executives ahead of the broader economy.
Fact Sheet: Stop Wall Street Looting Act of 2021 Provisions
A section-by-section of Sen. Warren’s plan to address the predatory elements of the private equity business model that harm workers, investors, and communities.
Private Equity Drives Retailers into Bankruptcy, Destroying Jobs and Livelihoods
View or download a PDF version here. Private Equity Drives Retailers into Bankruptcy, Destroying Jobs and Livelihoods Private equity firms have devastated the retail industry, driving dozens of major chains into bankruptcy, shutting down thousands of stores, and costing over half a million of jobs nationwide over the past two decades. Private equity firms exploit