Vulture Hedge Funds Prey on Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is facing an imminent default on its bond obligations to hedge funds. Lawmakers Al Franken and Nydia Velazquez join financial reform advocates to discuss the unfolding humanitarian crisis.
Hedge Funds Target Debt Relief Aid to Impoverished Nations
Eric LeCompte, the executive director of Jubilee USA Network, explains how hedge funds exploit the taxpayer-funded debt relief his organization wins for the world's poorest countries. (Jubilee USA Network is a faith-based global coalition.) "Hedge Funds & Private Equity: Transferring Wealth Upwards" Washington, DC: Tues. Nov. 17, 2015.
Hedge Funds Are Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY 7) discusses the hedge fund exploitation of Puerto Rico, and her new legislation to address it, at Americans for Financial Reform's "Hedge Funds & Private Equity: Transferring Wealth Upwards" event. Washington, DC: Tues. Nov. 17, 2015
Al Franken: Wall Street Tax Loophole Is "Just Wrong"
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) speaks at American for Financial Reform's "Hedge Funds & Private Equity: Transferring Wealth Upwards" event at the Capitol Visitor Center. Washington, DC: Tues. Nov. 17, 2015.
