Just listened to an interview on Pod Save the UK of Hettie O’Brien about her book: “The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself”.

I hadn’t previously fully understood the mechanics of a leveraged buy-out. How can it possibly be in society’s interest to allow that? Especially for things like water companies, care homes, children’s homes, etc?

https://youtu.be/neY1MibfkuE?si=D4fSDCKES8oLHiTo

https://www.hettie-obrien.com/

#PrivateEquity #LeveragedBuyout #Capitalism

Nish loses it at Tony Blair

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PwC: Insolvenzen prägten Gesundheits-M&A-Markt 2025
Transaktionsmonitor zeigt 240 Deals, steigende Private-Equity-Aktivität und anhaltenden Restrukturierungsdruck in Kliniken und Pflege
#Gesundheitswesen #Gesundheitswirtschaft #Insolvenz #Klinikübernahme #Krankenhausreform #M&ampAMarkt #MVZ #PrivateEquity #PWC #Restrukturierung #Transaktionsmonitor

https://www.medconweb.de/blog/finanzierung/pwc-insolvenzen-praegten-gesundheits-ma-markt-2025/

MSI can help VC & PE firms assess the cybersecurity of target firms even before they are approached for investment. https://lttr.ai/ArmnX

#M&A #VentureCapital #PrivateEquity

Cyber Risk Is Enterprise Value Risk : A Practical Portfolio Approach for VC and PE Firms

Tweet For venture capital and private equity executives, cyber security is no longer just an IT issue. It is a valuation issue, a governance issue, a revenue issue, and a portfolio resilience issue. There was a time when cyber security … Continue reading →

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Capture One's Private Equity Owner Is Trying to Sell It: Report

It appears Capture One is being auctioned.

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Rise and Fall of Hosting Provider Gandi.net

https://gagliardoni.net/#20260528_gandi_downfall

The sad story of Gandi.net is a textbook example of enshittification, which I think is interesting to talk about, because of the many expectations that were betrayed, and the deeper reflection linking to vampire capitalism. I also report the user-hostile process that I had to undergo in order to migrate away from them.

#gandi #gandi_net #enshittification #capitalism #it #france #privacy #privateequity

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“When you are driving on the interstate and you see billboard after billboard, almost all of them are ads for personal injury firms,” said Josh Porte, a partner at Holland & Knight who advises law firms and investors on MSO transactions. “#PrivateEquity looks at that and says, ‘It’s a marketing business. I know how to partner with a #marketing business and increase market share.’”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/private-equity-woos-personal-injury-law-firms-with-profits-tech
Private Equity Woos Personal Injury Law Firms With Profits, Tech

Private equity is aggressively investing in personal injury firms, offering their lawyers a cut of the wealth generated by the deals.