CHICAGO, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG), a global alternative asset management solutions provider, today released the 2021 Labor and Economic Impact Report for its Labor Impact Fund (“LIF” or the “Fund”) which focuses on infrastructure investments in the United States and Canada. The report highlights the significant positive effects that the Fund’s investments have had on generating union work and the economies of surrounding communities.
To date, the fund’s five investments have generated approximately 3.1 million union work-hours across multiple locations in the U.S. and Canada, and are projected to create over $4 billion in total economic impact. The full report can be found here.
“We maintain our conviction that aligning key stakeholders – including union labor, government, and private capital – when pursuing infrastructure investments is an effective strategy for generating strong risk-adjusted returns,” said Michael Sacks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GCM Grosvenor. “The Fund’s performance and impact the Fund’s investments have made are testaments to this approach, and we are thrilled with these outcomes.”
“We are pleased that our investments continue to show progress,” said GCM Grosvenor Managing Director Jorge Ramirez. “LIF projects are hitting key development milestones and completing on budget, which in turn helps drive investment value for our clients.”
The Fund’s investments are also projected to create a combined $1.8 billion in wages and $480 million in local, state, and federal tax revenue for their regions.
“As we execute our existing investments and seek new ones, we are committed to our view that a labor focus can add value to infrastructure investments,” said Ramirez. “And, when combined with the increasing benefits to workers and their communities, we view this as a truly superior approach.”
About the Labor Impact Fund
The Labor Impact Fund originates and executes infrastructure projects that leverage the inclusion of union labor as a contributing factor to enabling attractive risk-adjusted returns. The goal of the strategy is to find compelling infrastructure investment opportunities that can be generated through close cooperation across labor, government, and private capital. The Fund held its final close on September 7, 2020, with $893 million in committed capital. For more about GCM Grosvenor’s Labor Impact Strategy, visit https://www.gcmgrosvenor.com/labor-impact-investing.
LIF has made five investments to date:
- In October 2021, LIF acquired a 40% ownership stake in Horizon Telecom and committed to providing additional growth capital to expand Horizon’s network.
- In November 2020, LIF committed equity capital to Vantage Data Centers’ newly established growth platform to develop, construct, and lease data centers.
- In May 2020, LIF agreed to provide debt financing to Bakersfield Renewable Fuels for the conversion of the former Alon oil refinery in Bakersfield, California into a renewable diesel refinery.
- In December 2019, LIF acquired a 49.9% equity interest to partner in the development and construction of the Long Ridge Energy Terminal.
- In 2019, LIF announced a partnership for the development of a cold storage platform across the U.S. West Coast, with the first development becoming operational in January 2022.
About GCM Grosvenor
GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $71 billion in assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return investment strategies. The firm has specialized in alternatives for more than 50 years and is dedicated to delivering value for clients by leveraging its cross-asset class and flexible investment platform.
GCM Grosvenor’s experienced team of over 520 professionals serves a global client base of institutional and high net worth investors. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Seoul.
For more information, visit: gcmgrosvenor.com.
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