A tale of two funds at Bain Capital

Bain Capital may well have had its finest moment in turning around the performance of its ninth fund, an $8 billion pool invested speedily during the pre-crisis days of late 2006 and 2007. The successor pool, whose investment period straddled the financial crisis, has been a more complex story to tell. But the buyout shop believes that investors will still end up multiplying their money two and a half times.

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