Bain Capital Co Managing Partner John Connaughton says the firm is betting on long duration holdings in private companies designed to generate compound returns. He adds that Bain is focused on a five to seven year investment horizon, rather than quick asset flips. He speaks exclusively on Bloomberg's Insight with Haslinda Amin. ...

What investors should be asking themselves at all times, whether they're retirement investors, taxable investors, is do I need to have 100% of my assets 100% liquid 100% of the time. And if the answer to that is no, even if it's 85 or 90 or 95% of their assets are liquid, if they open up a small percentage to being illquid, you can really open up the opportunity set for investors and and invest in a much broader array of companies. Typically, we're working with long-term oriented clients.They're building a ...