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Lol absolutely. They struggled during GFC but they are doing well now. They have $150bn AUM, from which $49bn belongs to credit and c.$10bn to all the other strategies combined besides PE. So they have $90bn AUM in PE. This compares well to Warburg Pincus ($67bn), H&F (c.$80bn), TPG ($109bn, all strategies), CVC ($97bn), Advent ($58bn), Thoma Bravo ($91bn) or CD&R ($43bn).

And yes, you can argue that other MFs are raising +$20bn funds while Bain raised $12bn, but you have to take into account that Bain is still a privately owned partnership, so their business model is not exactly the same as that of many other MFs, whose main target is to grow AUM and get the safe and stable management fee.

WSO is the only place that has this perception that they are not a MF. Prospects here say that they are in decline and that each fund that they raise is smaller than the previous one, but that is just not true. That happened in the GFC, but they have been raising larger funds and being oversubscribed. 

 

What is up these days with everyone always hyping Insight? We get that they are doing well, but every thread is turned into a thread about their perks and comp lol

 

The usual prospects/interns regurgitating what they read on other threads

 

They easily had the most exciting/engaging OCR event I’ve ever been to. Event was packed and they focused on the “agency” that comes with sourcing as well as all of the perks so everyone left thinking the place was the greatest thing ever. This was also a few years ago before their recent mega fundraises. That’s why I think all of the prospects love it. 

 

How do you guys find out the target total comp? Does the firm/headhunter tell you, or is it anecdotal?

 

It's 300 all-in plus 50k worth of this phantom carry structure that brings it to 350. Either way 300 in Austin is 210 after taxes whereas 350 in NYC is 207. If you factor in COL, Vista ASOs really come out on top.

 

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