January 06, 2025
GEM 2025 Outlook: Shifting Winds
The central tension in GEM’s 2025 Outlook is a fairly typical one: The current economic backdrop of solid growth and coordinated global monetary easing is supportive of risk assets, but those favorable conditions are well known and largely reflected in current market pricing. With that in mind, how should investors prepare for new unknowns: the impact of President-elect Trump’s policy mix on markets, the ability of global central banks to preserve a soft landing, the runway for continued outperformance in the US stock market, and more?
Read the Outlook for our team’s assessment of these questions and learn how we are strategically positioning client portfolios to navigate the volatility.
The firm announced the final close of the GEM IS Fund, L.P. and affiliated vehicles. The Portfolio exceeded its fundraising target amid growing investor confidence in the pre-fund sponsor market.
University endowments, often consistent allocators to private equity, are being forced to reexamine their liquidity positions in light of federal funding cuts and a potential endowment tax increase. Matt Bank spoke with Buyouts about how these institutions might navigate the volatility.
As university endowments brace for tighter liquidity constraints amid federal funding cuts, Co-CIO Matt Bank spoke with FundFire about how these changes will impact portfolio construction and spending strategies going forward.
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