GAM Investments

Est. 1983
501-1,000 employees Financial Services

About GAM Investments

GAM Investments is an independent, pure play asset management group headquartered in Zurich. We excel by focusing on truly active management of differentiated investment strategies.

With a 40-year heritage, we invest our clients’ capital using active strategies across discretionary, systematic and specialist solutions. As our industry evolves, we develop new products with global appeal and attractive returns to access new pools of client assets and to adapt to our clients’ changing needs.

Our investment professionals, who on average have more than 14 years of industry experience, manage CHF 20.2 billion* in client assets in our investment management business.

With around 500 people in 14 countries, we are a truly global firm in scale and resources, yet small enough to remain nimble and flexible to meet clients’ needs.

By focusing on superior investment returns, a differentiated product offering, global distribution strength and operating efficiency we seek to deliver sustainable growth for all stakeholders.

*as at 30 September 2023

WHAT HAS IRAN CHANGED, IF ANYTHING?
  • 07 May 2026

Since February's textbook "de-grossing" event in the run up to the Iran conflict, leadership has already re-concentrated into semiconductors, AI infrastructure and energy-related capital expenditur...

THE NEW ENERGY ORDER - THE THEMATIC EMBRACE OF OILFIELD SERVICES
  • 15 Apr 2026

Thematic Baskets are an important part of risk management frameworks; newly emerging themes can quickly change the nature of relationships between stocks and sectors, in a way that traditional mult...

EUROPEAN BANK SUBORDINATED DEBT – THE RISK IS VOLATILITY, NOT FUNDAMENTALS
  • 09 Apr 2026

Middle East tensions, high-profile defaults in private credit, and broader macro uncertainty have fuelled investor concerns around the potential impact on the European banking sector.

Q1 MULTI-ASSET PERSPECTIVES: NOISE AND NUANCE
  • 02 Apr 2026

Julian Howard, GAM’s Chief Multi-Asset Investment Strategist, outlines his latest multi-asset views.

WHY ARE (SOME) MARKETS SO CALM?
  • 01 Apr 2026

Despite rising geopolitical tensions and a sharp increase in oil prices, equity markets, particularly in the US, have remained relatively calm.

Is it the right time to invest in India?
  • 31 Mar 2026

The GAM Emerging Markets Equity team’s Ygal Sebban and Meera Patel share their views on India, pointing to elevated valuations and limited direct exposure to the global AI investment cycle. That sa...

DOES THE FED HAVE A NEW INFLATION PROBLEM?
  • 17 Mar 2026

With inflation above target and the US economy softening, the Fed faced a difficult balancing act - even before the Iran war. But as soaring energy prices fuel inflation and growth concerns build,...

OILFIELD SERVICES AND MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT: POSSIBLE SHORT-TERM PAIN BUT CLEAR LONG-TERM GAIN
  • 12 Mar 2026

The backdrop is well-trodden by now: according to various industry estimates compiled by Morgan Stanley, global oil and gas capital expenditure (CapEx) has recovered by up to 60% from its 2020 lows...

WHEN TARIFFS LOSE THEIR LEGAL BASIS
  • 12 Mar 2026

Thomas Funk, Investment Director, Switzerland Equities, assesses the US Supreme Court’s landmark February ruling and its implications for the broader economic and market environment.