Overview
Bain Capital Credit is a leading global credit specialist with $40.8 billion in assets under management*. We invest across the full spectrum of credit strategies, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, distressed debt and special situations, direct lending, structured products, non-performing loans (NPLs) and equities.
Bain Capital Credit’s 147 investment professionals seek to identify attractive credit opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific and are supported by robust operational and technical resources.
*AUM is estimated as of July 1, 2019
History
Bain Capital Credit was founded as Sankaty Advisors in 1998 on the premise that the same successful models of analysis developed in Bain Capital’s Private Equity business could be applied to credit investing.
Firm’s inception
Inception of first U.S. cash flow Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) (Great Point 1999-1)
Inception of Senior Loan Strategy
Launch of the Credit Opportunities Program (“COPs”)
Credit Opportunities I (“COPs I”) holds final close
Acquires and assumes management of Katonah Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”)
Opening of
Chicago office
Opening of
London office
Credit Opportunities II
(“COPs II”) holds final close
Inception of first Euro cash flow Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) (Nash Point I)
Credit Opportunities III (“COPs III”) holds final close
Credit Opportunities IV (“COPs IV”) holds final close
Inception of Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund, LP (“SLF”)
Opening of
New York office
Inception of High Income (“HI”) Strategy
Bain Capital Middle Market Credit (“MMC 10”) holds final close
Inception of Bain Capital High Income Partnership, LP ("HIP")
Bain Capital Distressed
and Special Situations
2013 (“DSS 13”) holds
final close
Opening of Melbourne office
Inception of Senior Direct Lending ("SDL") Strategy
Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 14 (“MMC 14”) holds final close CLO Partners (“CLOPs”) holds final close
Launch of Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund’s Socially Responsible Investment,LP ("SRI") sleeve
Opening of
Dublin office
Opening of
Hong Kong office
Bain Capital Direct Lending 2015 holds final close
Acquires and assumes management of Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”) Cavalry II, III, IV, and V
Distressed and Special Situations 16 (“DSS 16”) holds final close
Bain Capital Specialty Finance,Inc., a Business DevelopmentCompany (BDC), launches
Launch of Bain Capital Structured Credit Fund (“SCF”)
Opening of Sydney office
Opening of Guangzhou office
Opening of Madrid office
Opening of Seoul office
Bain Capital Special Situations Europe holds final close
Bain Capital Special Situations Asia holds final close
Investors
We partner with some of the most sophisticated institutions from around the world, including pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and others. We are proud of the long-standing relationships we have built with our investors during the last 21 years, and we seek to provide transparency and best-in-class service.
Since inception, our culture has emphasized strong alignment with the interests of our partners. We are a private employee-owned firm, and we invest our own capital alongside our limited partners. We have approximately $1.2 billion of employee co-investment committed across the Bain Capital Credit funds.
For more information about our investment opportunities, please contact our Investor Relations team at [email protected].
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Management
Bain Capital Credit utilizes a strategic, fact-based, and diligence-driven investment approach that by definition includes a multitude of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. We believe that strong ESG diligence leads to better investment outcomes.
Read more about Bain Capital’s responsible business efforts 
Download the full Bain Capital Credit ESG Guidelines document 
Bain Capital Credit By the Numbers
founded
Bain Capital Credit founded as Sankaty Advisors to apply successful models of analysis to credit investing
employees
Bain Capital Credit employees work in thirteen offices worldwide
Assets Under Management
Invested across the full spectrum of credit strategies as of July 1, 2019