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.
In Buyouts’ latest Emerging Managers Report, Caroline Dallas, a Director in GEM’s Investment Research Group, offers her perspective on the growing independent sponsor market and shares why, for dealmakers who are looking to branch out, now might be the right time to take the leap.
Kelly Barofsky, a Director in GEM’s Investment Research Group, joined Giovanni Amodeo at ION Analytics to discuss GEM’s approach to identifying opportunities in the lower mid-market, including the importance of sector specialization and manager-investor alignment.
Jay Ripley, Head of Investments, spoke with FundFire about the recent close of GEM’s inaugural independent sponsors fund and shared the importance of manager diligence in establishing long-term GP-LP relationships.
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