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The Blackstone Bombshell That Just Shook PE Industry

Pension Pulse

For all the years the investigation found child labor, PSSI has been owned by Wall Street's Blackstone--the largest private equity firm in the world. Blackstone told us "extensive pre-investment due diligence showed PSSI had industry-leading hiring compliance." How can this happen? Where did oversight fail?

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Transcript: Michael Carmen, Wellington

The Big Picture

Just really a fascinating history from, from a private company to a public company back to a, a partnership. He is uniquely situated because he has run both public mutual funds as well as privates, including late stage venture private equity credit down the list. Really interesting. In terms of being that specific.