February 22, 2022
Overview
Fiduciaries of endowments and foundations across the US are considering whether and to what extent to integrate institutional values with the resources they oversee. That deliberative process involves evaluating the role of impact investing, divestment, and ESG investing in their investment programs.
In this Guide to Impact Investing, we will summarize some of the common terminology, place some key terms and ideas in context, and present tools to fiduciaries who want to engage with these important issues.
Three years after our last Investment Policy review, the regime has shifted: higher rates, sticky inflation, and a positive stock-bond correlation. In this conversation, GEM’s CIO Matt Bank revisits not just capital market assumptions but the framework itself, from methodology to implementation and risk management.
The firm announced the final close of GEM Seed & Micro Venture Fund, LP. The Fund closed with $82 million in commitments—exceeding its hard cap and fundraising target—and marks GEM's first vehicle focused specifically on seed- and micro-stage venture capital.
Kelly Barofsky, a Managing Director in GEM’s Investment Research Group, spoke with PitchBook about the continued momentum behind independent sponsors and why deal-by-deal structures can create strong alignment between sponsors and investors.
Let’s start a conversation about how we can help.
