Bain Capital Drops Out Of PE Growth Capital Council
Bain Capital, one of the original members of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, has not renewed its membership for 2011, the council confirmed for peHub. The firm no longer appears on the member list on the PEGCC website. The departure marks a blow to the annual revenue stream of the council, which has been active of late in Washington D.C. in fights against raising taxes on carried interest and in improving the industry’s image. However, membership has also been growing since the council opened its doors to smaller buyout shops early last year, mitigating the loss. Neither Bain Capital nor the council would comment on the annual dues that the firm has paid (nor would executives at Bain Capital comment on anything related to this story). However, that Bain Capital and its affiliates have an estimated $65 billion under management suggests the firm was paying as much as $750,000 per year, based on information supplied by PEGCC to sister magazine Buyouts in early 2010—see dues levels below.
