April 27, 2023
Key Takeaways from 2022
1. Impact Without Concession: At Global Endowment Management (GEM), our impact investment managers continue to build our conviction that we can deliver positive outcomes without sacrificing returns.
2. Impact, Not ESG: We at GEM believe that ESG investing and impact investing are fundamentally different. While both are important, growing concerns and controversy about the rigor of ESG investing underscores our commitment to impact investing to drive outcomes for people and the planet.
3. Advancing the Field: After identifying gaps in the market for commodities and public real estate strategies that meet our rigorous impact and return expectations, our team innovated.
Our 2025 Impact Report explores a key question shaping the future of impact investing: how can investors support AI’s development and deployment in ways that maximize its benefits while mitigating its risks?
As dealmakers leave established firms to launch their own, many are turning to deal-by-deal and hybrid structures first. Caroline Dallas, a Managing Director in GEM's Investment Research Group, spoke with Buyouts about why GEM sees this as a natural market evolution.
GEM announced the promotion of six senior investors to Managing Director. The promotions reflect the depth and continuity of GEM's investment leadership across buyouts, venture capital, marketable investments, client strategy, and investment sourcing, and reinforce the firm's long-term commitment to leadership development and the pursuit of investment excellence.
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