When Private-Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own Companies
May 1, 2023 · Private-equity firms can succeed when their companies, customers, and employees fail. It’s a broken system. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Private-equity firms buy businesses in...
Private Equity is Out of Control and Looting America. This …
May 2, 2023 · Price hikes, deteriorating conditions, and poor service — along with a certain slickness of marketing — could be signs that ownership of a business you count on has transferred to one or more firms in a rapidly-expanding Wall Street industry.
Private Equity Bankruptcy Tracker - pestakeholder.org
Feb 12, 2025 · Private equity-backed companies represented 75 out of 697 bankruptcies in 2024, 11% of all corporate bankruptcies. Private equity-backed companies represented 27 of 48 bankruptcies with over $500 million in liabilities at the filings, 56% of large bankruptcies.
Don’t blame the shrimp: How private equity is bankrupting America
Jun 20, 2024 · While private equity firms and corporations frequently attribute these failures solely to consumer behavior and economic conditions, the reality is far more complex. Investors and stakeholders must recognize the broader implications of these narratives understanding the systemic issues at play.
‘Leveraged to the hilt’: PE-backed firms hit by wave of bankruptcies
Jan 25, 2025 · Higher interest rates and lower consumer spending are squeezing debt-laden companies backed by private equity groups, forcing them to either restructure through bankruptcy or buy time to...
Private Equity: In Essence, Plunder? - CFA Institute Enterprising …
Aug 2, 2024 · Statistically, there is an increased risk of failure with private equity ownership. PE portfolio companies are about 10 times as likely to go bankrupt as non-PE-owned companies. Granted, one out of five companies going bankrupt doesn’t portend certain failure, but it is a startling statistic.
In this paper, we explore the hypothesis that investor intolerance of failure can explain at least part of the lack of diverse ownership in alternative asset management.
Private Equity Is Gutting America — and Getting Away With It
Apr 28, 2023 · Companies bought by private equity firms are far more likely to go bankrupt than companies that aren’t. Over the last decade, private equity firms were responsible for nearly 600,000 job losses...
How private equity keeps failing brands like Red Lobster
May 28, 2024 · Casual dining chain Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and private equity is once again being blamed.
Private Equity: The Biggest Problems That Firms Face - Martec
When readying to make their next big investment, all private equity firms face the same set of challenges. Here’s Martec’s Rick Claar on what those challenges are, and how they can be overcome with deep market research. Allison Reck: What do you see as some of the most pressing issues that private equity is dealing with today?