New Contract Win

4 Apr 2008 07:01

Adventis Group PLC04 April 2008 For release on RNS Reach, Friday April 4th 2008 Adventis Group plc Adventis Coltman , the specialist financial media division of Adventis Groupplc, is delighted to announce that it has won, after a competitive pitch, themedia planning & buying contract for GAM, a leading fund manager and one of theworld's largest fund of hedge funds managers with some £38 bn assets undermanagement*. Enquiries: Adventis Group plcwww.adventis.co.ukCharles Phillpot, CEO 020 7034 4750Peter Linnell, Finance Director & Company Secretary 020 7034 4795 Adventis Financial PRChris Steele 020 7034 4759Tarquin Edwards 020 7034 4758 Arbuthnot SecuritiesTom Griffiths 020 7012 2000 NOTES TO EDITORS Adventis Group plc is an AIM-listed full service multimedia marketing andadvertising agency, providing services to the healthcare, financial services andproperty industries. Through its eleven subsidiary companies and divisions the Group provides acomplete range of multi-media services including corporate identity programmes,advertising campaigns, media planning & buying, brochures, public relations anddigital media. The Group employs 150 staff in London and the South East and has a forecast 2007turnover in excess of £42m. GAM GAM delivers active investment management to private clients, institutions andintermediaries. Its goal is to produce outstanding results for clients byproviding access to great investment talent throughout the world. All of GAM'sfund managers, whether employed by GAM or contracted to GAM, are unconstrainedin their investment management process and decisions. As well as activemanagement within funds, GAM uses active asset allocation to combine funds inmanaged portfolios that meet clients' diverse needs. GAM's funds and strategies cover a broad range of asset classes, currencies andmarket conditions. It has long experience of hedge funds and funds of hedgefunds. With rigorous attention to detail and client-friendly technology, GAMprovides excellent service to its clients. It manages some CHF 85.8 billion ofclients' assets from nine offices around the world. Established in 1983 by itsvisionary founder, Gilbert de Botton, GAM was owned by UBS AG from 1999 untilDecember 2005 when it was acquired by Julius Baer Holding Ltd. GAM continues tohave a distinctive style and culture. For more information, please contact Steve Coltman on 020 7491 6280 or 07860630847 or scoltman@adventiscoltman.co.uk * All GAM data at 31 December 2007. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange