Brenda Rainey
Executive Vice President,
Brenda
Brenda Rainey is a member of our global Private Equity practice.
Brenda develops intellectual capital on emerging trends in the private equity industry and key product topics. Notably, for the past 10 years, she has led the creation of Bain & Company’s annual Global Private Equity Report. Brenda frequently contributes to publications on the state of the industry and other related topics, including The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times.
With deep expertise in the industry, Brenda advises private equity firms and institutional investors on topics including asset class strategy, geographic footprint, fund operations and fund raising. Additionally, Brenda manages a global team to execute on practice operations, including strategic planning, budgeting, revenue tracking and reporting, as well as knowledge management.
She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.
Recent Insights
- “Why Private Equity Is Targeting Individual Investors,” Global Private Equity Report, 2023年2月27日, レポート
- “Why Asset Class Expansion Is Harder Than It Seems,” 論説, 2022年8月23日
- “Shifting Gears: Private Equity Report Midyear 2022,” 論説, 2022年7月18日
- “Raising Sector Strategy to the Next Level,” Global Private Equity Report, 2022年3月7日, レポート
- “Covid-19 Hits Private Equity: The Early Data Is Not Pretty,” 論説, 2020年5月15日
In the News
- “Global Private Equity’s record-breaking performance set to collide with economic turbulence as business cycle nears its end — Bain & Company Midyear Private Equity (PE) Market Update,” Press release, 2022年7月18日
- “Private-equity fundraising surged to $459 billion in first half,” WSJ Pro Private Equity, 2021年7月8日, プライベートエクイティ
- “Private equity pays record amount for deals in Q1 2021 ,” PEHub, 2021年4月7日, プライベートエクイティ
- “Most SPACs Underperform S&P 500: Bain & Co.,” Bloomberg, 2021年3月3日, プライベートエクイティ
- “Bain & Co, CEPRES push the transparency needle with DealEdge launch,” PE Hub, 2020年10月5日