Authors
Howard Gospel
Jakob Haves
Andrew Pendleton
Sig Vitols
Peter Wilke
Bruno Catero
Anil Duman
Stefan Dunin-Wąsowicz
Ewald Engelen
Tomas Korpi
Perceval Pradelle
Abstract
This report examines whether investment funds – in particular, private equity, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds – help to revive underperforming companies and thereby contribute to employment growth or whether, on the contrary, they strive to maximise financial returns at the expense of labour. Overall, the report concludes that investment funds are neither wholly ‘bad’ nor wholly ‘good’ with regard to the impact on labour in their invested firms. A report and an executive summary are available – see Related content.

 

The impact of investment funds on restructuring practices and employment levels - Company case studies

English (288.7 KB - PDF)
Number of pages
53
Reference nº
EF1065

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