Adventis Group PLC
04 April 2008
For release on RNS Reach, Friday April 4th 2008
Adventis Group plc
Adventis Coltman , the specialist financial media division of Adventis Group
plc, is delighted to announce that it has won, after a competitive pitch, the
media planning & buying contract for GAM, a leading fund manager and one of the
world's largest fund of hedge funds managers with some £38 bn assets under
management*.
Enquiries:
Adventis Group plc
www.adventis.co.uk
Charles Phillpot, CEO 020 7034 4750
Peter Linnell, Finance Director & Company Secretary 020 7034 4795
Adventis Financial PR
Chris Steele 020 7034 4759
Tarquin Edwards 020 7034 4758
Arbuthnot Securities
Tom Griffiths 020 7012 2000
NOTES TO EDITORS
Adventis Group plc is an AIM-listed full service multimedia marketing and
advertising agency, providing services to the healthcare, financial services and
property industries.
Through its eleven subsidiary companies and divisions the Group provides a
complete range of multi-media services including corporate identity programmes,
advertising campaigns, media planning & buying, brochures, public relations and
digital media.
The Group employs 150 staff in London and the South East and has a forecast 2007
turnover in excess of £42m.
GAM
GAM delivers active investment management to private clients, institutions and
intermediaries. Its goal is to produce outstanding results for clients by
providing access to great investment talent throughout the world. All of GAM's
fund managers, whether employed by GAM or contracted to GAM, are unconstrained
in their investment management process and decisions. As well as active
management within funds, GAM uses active asset allocation to combine funds in
managed portfolios that meet clients' diverse needs.
GAM's funds and strategies cover a broad range of asset classes, currencies and
market conditions. It has long experience of hedge funds and funds of hedge
funds. With rigorous attention to detail and client-friendly technology, GAM
provides excellent service to its clients. It manages some CHF 85.8 billion of
clients' assets from nine offices around the world. Established in 1983 by its
visionary founder, Gilbert de Botton, GAM was owned by UBS AG from 1999 until
December 2005 when it was acquired by Julius Baer Holding Ltd. GAM continues to
have a distinctive style and culture.
For more information, please contact Steve Coltman on 020 7491 6280 or 07860
630847 or scoltman@adventiscoltman.co.uk
* All GAM data at 31 December 2007.
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