Undisputed MF PE rankings
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Bain should be higher
Accurate list of the real MFs but list could use some work on the bottom half of the lower tier MFs
Can we stop this..? This is IB Analyst level bs
You accept whatever offer you can get. End of discussion
Can you go away?
Bain should be higher. Currently at a competitor, and idk why folks on this site for some reason keep clumping them together with Carlyle. Bain PE has had “average” MF returns, not below average, but a lot of their other strategies have done extremely well (life sciences, special sits, credit). Add in the fact that it’s a private partnership and has better culture than 90% of MF. As an overall org, they should be much higher on this list.
Permira > CVC > EQT
Best of the lower tier Euro MFs
You need to touch grass friend
This is so juvenile it reminds me of arguing in elementary school at lunch about who is the fastest
Undisputed speed ranking:
If you don’t stop with this ranking nonsense, I’m going to thunderclap you and stuff you in a locker
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