Information Density: Bain Capital Credit – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

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Investing globally across the credit spectrum

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Our investment professionals evaluate opportunities across geographies and asset classes to source differentiated deal flow and unique investments.

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APRIL 09, 2026

Bain Capital Closes Third CLO Captive Equity Fund at $1.5 Billion

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Applying rigorous models to Credit investing since 1998.

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Deploying capital across a range of industries, regions, and asset types to meet investor needs.

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Offering commingled funds and separate accounts across a spectrum of liquidity parameters, asset exposures, and geographic concentrations.

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Delivering results through a team-oriented and performance-driven culture.

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[H1] About Bain Capital Credit

Bain Capital Credit is a leading global credit specialist with $65 billion in assets under management. We invest across the credit spectrum and in credit-related strategies, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, structured products, private middle market loans, bespoke capital solutions, distressed securities and assets, non-performing loans, hard assets, and equities.

Since inception, we have made a cultural commitment to investor alignment. We are a private partnership and invest a significant amount of our own capital alongside our limited partners. We have over $1 billion of employee co-investment committed across Bain Capital Credit funds as of December 31, 2025.

Bain Capital Credit’s investment professionals are dedicated to sourcing, analyzing, documenting, and executing attractive credit opportunities across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific and are supported by robust operational and technical resources.

[H6] Our History

Bain Capital Credit was founded as Sankaty Advisors in 1998 on the premise that the same successful models of rigorous analysis and in-depth diligence developed in Bain Capital’s Private Equity business could be applied to credit investing.

Bain Capital Credit began investing in liquid and structured credit in 1998, with approximately $44B in assets under management today. Our Liquid and Structured Credit strategy invests in leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, CLOs, and structured credit products in both single-sector and multi-asset approaches. Bain Capital Credit is also a large and experienced issuer and manager of CLOs.

Bain Capital Credit’s Private Credit strategy also began in 1998. We have become a global leader in the middle market directly lending space with approximately $21B in assets under management today. Our Private Credit Group provides senior secured and junior capital financing and targets investments in companies in the core middle market.

Bain Capital Special Situations was incepted in 2018 within Bain Capital Credit. With approximately $24B in assets under management today, Special Situations has evolved from a dedicated credit strategy to a more diversified, all-weather program.

*All data presented is as of 12/31/25

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By the Numbers

1998

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$65B

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115+

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24

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*AUM data as of December 31, 2025. Headcount data as of April 1, 2026.

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[H1] Latest News

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APRIL 09, 2026

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Bain Capital Closes Third CLO Captive Equity Fund at $1.5 Billion

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JUNE 01, 2026

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Asia: A large and growing direct lending opportunity

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Private Debt Investor

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JUNE 01, 2026

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Angelo Rufino on Bloomberg TV's The Close with Katie Greifeld on asset-backed finance and enterprise AI

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MAY 11, 2026

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Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. Announces March 31, 2026 Financial Results and Declares Second Quarter 2026 Dividend of $0.42 per Share

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APRIL 28, 2026

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Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. Schedules Earnings Release for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2026

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APRIL 08, 2026

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Bain Capital Credit Announces $8 Billion of Financing Investments for 2025

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MARCH 05, 2026

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John Wright on ABF: A diverse and growing opportunity set

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FEBRUARY 26, 2026

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Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. Announces December 31, 2025 Financial Results and Declares First Quarter 2026 Dividend of $0.42 per Share

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FEBRUARY 20, 2026

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Fluent Commerce receives A$46M from Bain Capital to Accelerate Next Phase of Growth

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[H2] Our Investment Philosophy

The cornerstone of our investment philosophy is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our investors through rigorous due diligence at the industry, company and individual security levels. We seek to maximize expected, not potential, return through fundamentals-driven, bottom-up security selection that leverages the depth and experience of our investment team.

[H2] A Dynamic Approach to Credit Investing

Bain Capital Credit’s teams are structured into a network that enables us to respond to varied investment opportunities, regardless of region, industry, company size, or capital structure position, increasing the breadth of our pipeline. Our investment professionals are organized into teams of specialists based on either industry type or product type, which we believe enables us to field the optimal team to evaluate every deal.

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Liquid and Multi-Asset Credit (MAC)

Our Liquid Credit strategy takes a deep fundamental approach to credit investing while overlaying a top-down asset allocation framework. We are benchmark agnostic across our strategies, seeking to identify relative value opportunities across sector, geography, industry, and capital structure.

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CLOs and Structured Credit

With over 25 years of experience as an issuer, manager, and investor in CLOs and other structured products, we have the tenure, asset class expertise, and analytic tools required to strategically invest in these complex products.

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Private Credit

Our Private Credit strategy focuses on providing complete financing solutions to businesses with EBITDA between $10 million and $150 million located in North America, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. We enable Bain Capital Credit to diligence the most complex situations and provide flexible private capital solutions to middle-market businesses.

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Industry Research Group

Our research group consists of multiple industry-focused teams located in the US and Europe. Each team is responsible for monitoring micro and macro trends within its focus area and for analyzing and selecting investments across the capital structure.

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ESG factors are integrated into our investment process, from identifying appropriate investment opportunities through diligence to investment monitoring and asset management. Within Bain Capital Credit, we have a range of investment archetypes and varying degrees of control, with a greater ability to drive impact within companies where we have equity, directorships, or board observer rights. We leverage these positions to engage with companies on material ESG topics that align with our firm-wide core ESG commitments and advocate for further adoption of ESG best practices.
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