2021 Impact Report: Moving Forward with Urgency & Optimism

August 30, 2022

Key Takeaways from 2021

1. Investing at the Intersection of Impact and Alpha: GEM's integrated impact investment team—with dedicated professionals who are accountable for impact outcomes and investment returns—supports our commitment to investing at the intersection of high impact and alpha generation.

2. Going Beyond ESG: Amid growing backlash to "ESG" investing, our conviction is stronger than ever that we must invest for impact outcomes that go beyond ESG, focusing on outcomes experienced by stakeholders. 

3. Seeking Diversity, Equity and Climate Change Solutions: In 2021, we observed three issues that play a role in every investment we make: diversity, equity, and climate change." -> "3. Seeking Diversity, Equity and Climate Change Solutions: In 2021, we observed three issues that play a role in every investment we make—diversity, equity, and climate change.

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Recent Insights

In Defense of the Endowment Model, Accurately Assessed

In the second of his three-part series on the Endowment Model, Deputy CIO Matt Bank examines the incomplete quantitative arguments around endowment performance and offers a more substantive evaluation framework.

Endowments and foundations race to outsource investment management

As many smaller endowments and foundations opt to outsource their investment management, the Financial Times spoke to GEM's Deputy CIO Matt Bank about how this arrangement can be beneficial to such institutions.

In Defense of the Endowment Model, Rightly Understood

The first of Deputy CIO Matt Bank’s new series, The Long View, reaffirms GEM’s belief that the Endowment Model – in the right hands, for the right institutions – remains a compelling means of achieving risk-adjusted returns.

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