January 12, 2023
Key Takeaways
1. Small buyout investments are an important component to endowment-style investing and have generated excess returns for investors over the past twenty years.
2. We believe small buyout markets are less dependent on macroeconomic forces like interest rates or the direction of public equity markets making them a diversifying source of absolute returns.
3. Investing in small buyouts takes a unique skillset and a team with deep networks and insight in the space – not only to identify opportunities, but also to offer support to managers as a business and strategic partner.
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.
Potential policy changes have led many universities to consider shoring up cash reserves. Co-CIO Matt Bank spoke to the Wall Street Journal about the heightened uncertainty these schools are facing relative to previous economic downturns.
In an exclusive interview with WSJ Pro Private Equity, Jay Ripley, Head of Investments, discussed the firm’s approach to investing with independent sponsors following the close of GEM’s $450M inaugural fund dedicated to backing pre-fund managers.
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