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.
Listen to the full episode below.
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