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The employee ownership movement is growing, and one of its biggest champions is also a private equity heavyweight. Is this meaningful change, or just window dressing?

• SOURCES:
  • Marjorie Kelly, distinguished senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative.
  • Corey Rosen, founder and senior staff member of the National Center for Employee Ownership.
  • Pete Stavros, co-head of Global Private Equity at KKR.

• RESOURCES:
  • "Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit," by Lydia DePillis (The New York Times, 2024).
  • "Private Equity Heavyweight Pushing Employee Ownership," (60 Minutes, 2024).
  • "Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission," by Ethan Rouen, Dennis Campbell, and Andrew Robinson (HBS Case Collection, 2023).
  • "Research on Employee Ownership," by the National Center for Employee Ownership (2023).
  • Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises, by Marjorie Kelly (2023).
  • "Is Private Equity Joining — or Co-Opting—the Employee Ownership Movement?" by Marjorie Kelly and Karen Kahn (Fast Company, 2022).
  • "How Well Is Employee Ownership Working?" by Corey Rosen and Michael Quarrey (Harvard Business Review, 1987).

• EXTRAS:
  • "Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
  • "Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
  • "Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).

Strong sales at Amazon’s cloud computing division helped the Big Tech giant beat analyst estimates for revenue and profit, private capital is playing a growing role in the green energy transformation, and foreign carmakers are teaming up with Chinese technology groups to compete in the local market.  

Mentioned in this podcast:

Amazon’s strong cloud sales help power revenue gains

Can private equity accelerate the green transition?

Jeremy Hunt warns FCA against ‘naming and shaming’ business

‘Everything has changed’: foreign auto groups embrace local technology in China

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Today we take a deep dive into Private Equity  --- specifically, Lower Middle Market PE.  We sit down with experienced investor A.J. Tracey and discuss topics ranging from "what is the traditional path to PE?" to "what is a day in the life like?", and  "how important is the name of the college or firm you're coming from?".  We explore the differences between megafunds and MM/LMM PE as it pertains to investment strategy, nitty gritty of the job, and recruiting methods.  We also discuss the economics of pay, GP catchup, blind pools, when and how PE firms start collecting fees, and more. If you have ever considered working in PE or wanted to understand the world of Private Equity, THIS is the episode for you!

A.J. is currently in investor with Cartess Investment Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on investing with exceptional operators in the paper, packaging and food industries. Prior to joining Cartess, A.J. was a Principal with AGR Partners and a Vice President with Kainos Capital where he focused on investments in the agriculture and food industries. A.J. began his principal investing career as an Associate with CIC Partners. A.J. has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA from Brown University. A.J. resides in Southlake, TX with his wife and two children.

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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has been on the hunt for the money manager’s next “transformational” deal. Earlier this month, Fink revealed that he had finally found it with the acquisition of a private capital firm, Global Infrastructure Partners. The FT’s US financial editor Brooke Masters and US private capital correspondent Antoine Gara explain why BlackRock wanted GIP, and how this deal sets the agenda for Wall Street this year. 

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How the $12.5bn BlackRock-GIP deal is set to shake up investment management

How Adebayo Ogunlesi’s contrarian bet led to $12.5bn BlackRock tie-up 

Infrastructure funds draw billions of dollars as energy and supply chains shift

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The long-term care industry has been plagued by unaffordable prices and staffing shortages, squeezed by growing demand as the country ages. But public health officials have been voicing concerns about another, more hidden issue: the rise of private-equity-owned nursing homes. On the show today, Mark Unruh, professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College, breaks down the long-term care industry, how nursing homes are impacted by private equity ownership, and what high, convoluted costs and staffing shortages mean for aging Americans seeking nursing home care.

Then, we’ll dig into a niche economic indicator and how work is weighing on us. Plus, how one listener used their pandemic stimulus cash.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “How do nursing homes make money?” from Marketplace

• • “How Patients Fare When Private Equity Funds Acquire Nursing Homes” from the National Bureau of Economic Research

• • “‘They Were Traumatized’: How a Private Equity-Associated Lender Helped Precipitate a Nursing-home implosion” from Politico

• • “Who Really Owns Nursing Homes, And How The Feds Are About To Learn More” from Forbes

• • “Dying Broke” from KFF Health News

• • “Unhappy Workers Cost US Firms $1.9 Trillion” from Bloomberg

• • “New LegalShield Data Reveals Highest Consumer Financial Stress Level in 3 Years” from LegalShield

• • “TurboTax isn’t allowed to say it’s ‘free’ anymore” from The Verge

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As interest rates rise, funding for a lot of marginally profitable companies is drying up. These corporate “zombies” are wandering the markets, looking for the cheap credit they used to feast on. Today on the show, we take a look at companies on the edge of life and the private equity giants that own some of them. Also we short OpenAI and regrettably go long Covid. 

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Since becoming chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan has arguably taken a novel approach to antitrust, one that incorporates broader ideas of what might actually constitute anticompetitive behavior. She's challenged huge tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft, and more recently, filed a lawsuit against a private equity firm that's been buying up anesthesiology companies across Texas. The action is noteworthy because it targets a common PE strategy of "rolling-up" multiple businesses and then consolidating them to eke out market efficiencies. So it's no wonder that PE players have called the FTC lawsuit "terrifying," or that Khan has been named "Wall Street's No. 1 enemy." In this episode, we speak with Lina Khan herself about the case, and whether the principles underlying it could be extended outside of healthcare to other industries with PE involvement. We also talk about political pushback, the FTC's research and examination process, and even... chickens.

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Want to get an elite job on the buy side?  A recruiter --- otherwise known as a headhunter --- plays a significant role in the recruiting process for private equity recruiting.  In today's episode, we dive into  the private equity recruiting process with Kate Kourlis and Cameron Boland of GoBuyside.  We explain the role of recruiting firms, what to expect in the interview process, compensation, and how this process is evolving in real time.  

Cameron Boland is the President of GoBuyside, and Kate Kourlis is the Executive Director of Business Development.  GoBuyside is a community of professionals in the financial services industry. GoBuyside connects employers with top-tier talent, streamlining the hiring process and ensuring access to great candidates for exceptional roles.

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Private equity firms are increasingly offering sweeteners such as fee discounts to secure backing from deep-pocketed investors, US banks are still relying on hundreds of billions of dollars in government financing, and Latin America’s central banks have started cutting interest rates. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Private equity firms offer sweeteners in struggle to lure reluctant investors

Britain’s investors shy away from UK defence companies

Regional lenders struggle to get off government life support

Latin America’s central banks declare victory in war on inflation

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Saudi Arabia is cutting oil production, Turkey has a new finance minister and Apple is unveiling a mixed-reality headset today. Plus, the FT’s Kaye Wiggins explains how Asda has been able to take on enormous debt and whether its luck is about to change. 

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Virtual reality start-ups pin hopes on Apple to lure back funding

Saudi Arabia seeks to boost oil price with output cut of 1mn barrels a day

Asda chair defends £2.3bn deal for UK operations of sister group EG

Turkey’s new finance minister pledges to return to “rational” economic policy 

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There’s not much you can do right now to dramatically improve your personal finances. But there’s at least one thing you can get on top of: cash savings accounts. You can now get 3 or 4% a year on your money if you look around. Take the easy win and move, says Simon Edelsten, manager of the Artemis Global Select fund, on this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money. 

This shift is symptomatic of the change in all markets, he explains. Rising rates are good for cash savers (although 4% doesn’t totally cut it when inflation is 10%), but they’re horrible for other sectors of the financial world. There are many unexploded bombs out there, he says, noting you may want to keep your eyes on the private equity sector.

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Big investors are buying up local veterinary practices (and pretty much everything else). What does this mean for scruffy little Max* — and for the U.S. economy? (Part 1 of 2.)

*The most popular dog name in the U.S. in 2022.

How do millionaires invest?

Have you ever wondered how the super-rich invest?  

It’s not often you get a glimpse into how millionaires invest or what their portfolio looks like, but we’re bringing you exactly that today on The Property Podcast. 

If you’ve ever spoken to a financial advisor and asked how you become rich, they might tell you something along the lines of “invest in stocks and bonds” but is that how the rich actually do it? 

Tune in as Rob & Rob give an exclusive look into: 

• How they invest 
• What they invest in 
• How their investments are spread 

In the news

The Bank of England is back in action as they raise the base rate by 0.5% bringing it to 1.75%.  

It’s still extremely low by historical standards, but this alongside a predicated 13% inflation by October is bound to have an impact of the property market. 

Are we going to start seeing the market slow down and how will this affect house prices? 

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If you want to seriously up your communication skills at work and in business, this week’s Hub Extra is for you. 

How to Start Conversations That Get Results: The First Minute by Chris Fenning is a book that will give you a simple framework you can apply to any conversation you have – making those first 60 seconds far more impactful.  

After reading this book, you’ll never need to waffle again, and you’ll master the art of clear intent and concise conversation. 

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Late last year Unilever reached a $5 billion deal to sell part of its tea business, including brands like Lipton and PG Tips, to private equity giant CVC Capital. But the tea sector is a complicated one. With roots in colonialism, tea plantations around the world have faced many issues, including accusations of human rights abuses. 

In this week’s episode, we’re hearing from one worker whose life was forever changed by violence on her plantation, and exploring how this deal represents a new challenge for PE as investors are increasing their scrutiny into the private equity industry’s ethics.   

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How Unilever’s tea business became a test of private equity’s conscience

Bidders for Unilever’s tea business pulled out on plantation concerns

CVC pushes back IPO plans amid market turmoil

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