Bain & Company

Research and media Boston Founded 1973 www.bain.com

Bain is a management consultancy with one of the largest private equity advisory practices, working on due diligence and portfolio strategy for buyout firms. Its annual Global Private Equity Report is the standard reference for the state of deals, exits, fundraising and returns.

What they publish

Bain Global Private Equity Report

Essential

The industry's standard annual scorecard for buyouts: deal value, exits, fundraising, distributions and returns, plus essays on where the industry is heading. If you read one PE report a year, read this one.

Research Intermediate Annual, published each February or March