as six gam isin ch0102659627 industry asset management founded 1983 as gam 1 headquarters z rich switzerland key people alexander s. friedman ceo aum chf 113.5 billion 2 number of employees 1000 3 website www.gam.com gam six gam is an independent pure play asset management group . 4 the group sells to a wide range of client segments such as institutions wholesale intermediaries financial advisers and private investors through two brands julius baer funds and gam . 1 the group s investment management business is complemented by a private labelling unit which provides outsourcing for third party asset managers . headquartered in zurich gam has been independently listed on the six swiss exchange since october 2009 following the separation of the former julius baer group julius baer 5 and is a component of the swiss market index mid smim six swiss exchange with the symbol gam . the group has assets under management of chf 113.5 billion as at 30 june 2016 and employs over 1 000 staff with offices in eleven countries . history edit gam was founded in 1983 by gilbert de botton 6 who is considered the pioneer of the open architecture model . 7 in 1999 it was acquired by ubs . it remained under the ubs umbrella until julius baer acquired gam and three other private banks from ubs in 2005 . 6 gam acquired augustus asset managers in 2009 and later in the year separated from julius baer to form an independent pure play asset manager . the spinoff was completed by listing gam as a separate company in the swiss six exchange . 8 gam has since then has acquired several asset managers arkos capital in 2012 and singleterry mansley asset management in 2014 . 6 in september 2014 it appointed alexander friedman the cio of ubs wealth management as the new group ceo . 9 later in 2015 gam announced the acquisition of the real estate division of renshaw bay . 10 in may 2016 gam entered into an agreement to acquire the investment management business of taube hodson stonex a london based global equity investment firm the acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter 2016 subject to customary regulatory approvals . 11 in june 2016 gam entered into an agreement to acquire cantab capital partners an industry leading multi strategy systematic manager based in cambridge uk . also this acquisition is expected to close in the late third or early fourth quarter of 2016 subject to customary regulatory approvals . 12 references edit a b about gam gam holding ag . press release half year 2016 pdf . retrieved 2016 08 03 . gam holding ag . half year report 2016 pdf . retrieved 2016 08 03 . angaben der gam holding ag auf der website der six swiss exchange julius b r medienmitteilung vom 20 . mai 2009 a b c gam our history . retrieved 13 august 2015 . gam and lse annouce award in honour of gilbert de botton . update 3 julius baer splits operations unlocks value . retrieved 13 august 2015 . former ubs cio alex friedman named ceo at gam holding . retrieved 13 august 2015 . gam acquires real estate finance business of renshaw bay . retrieved 13 august 2015 . gam to purchase 1.8 bn equity house ths . retrieved 19 may 2016 . gam acquires uk based cantab capital partners . retrieved 6 july 2016 . external links edit website of gam jbfundnet for information on all jb funds retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gam company & oldid 742383474 categories financial services companies of switzerlandinvestment management companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 11 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view