With competition for compelling co-investment opportunities on the rise, Managing Director, Lara Banks outlines in the latest Makena Insight why our firm has been able to rise to the top of the pack.
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Building relationships with emerging managers has been a fundamental tenet of our approach since inception. In this Makena Insight, Managing Director, Kia Ghorashi details the five key considerations that underpin our conviction for investing in and alongside emerging managers.
In this Makena Insight, Makena Managing Partner, Luke Proskine illustrates how the endowment model offers the unique ability to invest on a perpetual horizon, lean into inefficient asset classes and develop long-term relationships with top existing and emerging managers.
Cryptocurrencies continue to dominate the headlines, but less covered is the historic interest from institutional investors in the nascent asset class. In this Makena Insights video, Lara Banks takes the long-term view and outlines investment opportunities across blockchain technology, DeFi and crypto.
Amid a banner year plus for IPOs, hedge funds are finding that the greatest returns can be found in the last rounds of fundraising as a private company, and aggressively investing in that strategy, according to Makena’s Jackson Garton.
In this Makena Insight, Makena Managing Director Lara Banks discusses the key takeaway the pandemic offered to the firm’s buyouts team – continue to stick to your strengths.
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Long-Term Risk Valuation: Ahead of the Jackson Hole Symposium, Makena CIO Larry Kochard discussed the optimal asset mix to help institutional portfolios navigate the twin guardrails of long-term inflation risk and valuation risk without reducing return potential.
