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.
In this edition of The Long View, Co-CIO Matt Bank explains why managing risk with structure, discipline, and flexibility is essential for long-term investors, and how GEM’s approach helps portfolios endure uncertainty.
In an interview with FundFire, GEM’s Co-CIO, Matt Bank, addresses critiques of the endowment model and explains why disciplined execution in private markets remains essential to long-term success.
Head of Investments Jay Ripley joined Ted Seides on the Capital Allocators podcast to discuss his path from private equity to GEM, the firm’s approach to backing emerging managers and independent sponsors, and the importance of strong manager selection amid growing dispersion.
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