Capital Allocators: Matt Bank - "GEMs" of Risk, Asset Allocation, and Manager Selection (EP.419)

November 25, 2024

Matt Bank, GEM’s Co-CIO, joined Ted Seides on the Capital Allocators podcast to discuss risk, asset allocation, and manager selection. Their conversation begins with Matt’s path to investing under David Salem and the lessons he learned about risk and governance. It then turns to Matt’s move to GEM and an examination of the firm’s positioning in the OCIO industry. They cover GEM’s approach to asset allocation and manager selection, and close with Matt’s thoughts on active and passive investing, venture capital, hedge funds, and drivers of success going forward.

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