June 01, 2021
Key Takeaways from 2020
Driving impact is in our DNA. We partner with our clients to advance their missions and contribute to a better world through their endowment portfolios.
Our impact investing program enables our clients to use their investment dollars to drive meaningful, positive impact for our planet and communities. We take a holistic approach, centering on stakeholder experiences and developing portfolios designed to meet our clients’ long-term impact and return objectives.
In this mid-year follow-up to our 2026 Outlook, we revisit the four themes shaping this year's markets—AI's debt-financed buildout, accelerating private market access, biotech's continued momentum, and a slowly healing real estate market—and take stock of what's playing out as anticipated and what isn’t.
Three years after our last Investment Policy review, the regime has shifted: higher rates, sticky inflation, and a positive stock-bond correlation. In this conversation, GEM’s CIO Matt Bank revisits not just capital market assumptions but the framework itself, from methodology to implementation and risk management.
The firm announced the final close of GEM Seed & Micro Venture Fund, LP. The Fund closed with $82 million in commitments—exceeding its hard cap and fundraising target—and marks GEM's first vehicle focused specifically on seed- and micro-stage venture capital.
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