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GAM targeted UK in redundancy drive

New management at the Swiss group looked to cut London staff months after taking charge

3 min read

GAM shakes up leadership at Systematic arm

By David Ricketts

2024-09-16T13:40:00Z

2 min read

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GAM chief fights back: ‘We are not in a crisis’

By David Ricketts

2024-08-18T23:00:00Z

6 min read

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Liontrust bleeds £1.6bn amid GAM deal drama

By David Ricketts and Justin Cash

2023-10-18T06:17:05Z

2 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

Liontrust failed to gain shareholder support in August to acquire Zurich-based GAM

GAM board thrown out after landmark shareholder vote

By David Ricketts

2023-09-27T12:02:54Z

2 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

Shareholders in Zurich-headquartered GAM have voted in a new board after Liontrust's failed takeover

Hedge fund veteran lined up as next GAM chief backs out

By David Ricketts

2023-09-26T16:58:28Z

2 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

Elmar Zumbuehl, GAM's chief risk officer, has been put forward as the new CEO candidate after an unexpected drop-out

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Liontrust, GAM bled €2bn from funds during failed takeover

By David Ricketts

2023-09-07T04:01:33Z

3 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

'The clouds of uncertainty around the troubled house remain'

Hedge fund veteran lined up to take the helm as GAM chief executive

By David Ricketts

2023-08-30T09:38:37Z

2 min read

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Randel Freeman co-founded hedge fund group Centaurus Capital in 2000

GAM board to stand down after activist group extends funding lifeline

By David Ricketts

2023-08-29T07:31:37Z

2 min read

GAM Asset Management

Candidates for GAM’s board include Antoine Spillmann, a former vice-president of the Swiss Association of Asset Managers

Liontrust’s bid for GAM fails

By David Ricketts

2023-08-24T06:48:39Z

2 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

Liontrust CEO John Ions said the firm made 'a full and fair offer for GAM'

Liontrust CEO under fire over ‘false rumours’ in email to GAM investor

By David Ricketts

2023-08-23T11:20:41Z

3 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management M&A

‘He will retract the email. I never wrote those words, and I would never approve of those words’

Activist group withdraws proposals from GAM shareholder meeting

NewGAMe has made the move after unsuccessfully asking GAM to postpone an EGM scheduled for 18 August

While GAM has continued to bleed assets since the scandal broke, its balance sheet has also taken a significant hit

Inside the battle to secure GAM’s future: ‘Something has to happen soon…or there will be more dire circumstances’

Beset by turmoil since a scandal involving a star fund manager broke in 2018, GAM's future is now to be determined in the coming days

Silchester Investors, GAM’s largest investor, last month said it would tender its shares in support of the Liontrust bid

Liontrust-GAM activist ‘very optimistic’ he can block merger

Albert Saporta claims there is a low level of support for the deal among major shareholders

Liontrust makes another appeal as takeover talks take another twist

Liontrust extends deadline on GAM takeover again

Fund house pushes back deadline again as it tries to force acquisition over the line

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Liontrust pushes back GAM offer deadline as it fights to finish takeover

By Justin Cash

2023-07-24T06:29:27Z

1 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

Shareholders will have another three days to consider the 'full and final' offer

Liontrust says GAM offer is final as activist group urges shareholders to hold out

By David Ricketts

2023-07-21T06:45:53Z

3 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

The group said even if GAM shareholders do not agree with its turnaround plan they should delay their decision to tender shares

Meet the group trying to derail Liontrust’s takeover of GAM

By David Ricketts

2023-07-18T11:02:47Z

3 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management

The two fund houses are looking to join forces, but a group of shareholders stands in their way

Liontrust boss issues plea to GAM shareholders to back £96m takeover

By David Ricketts

2023-07-14T11:14:28Z

3 min read

Liontrust GAM Asset Management M&A

£96m offer is the only one on the table, investors told

GAM’s largest shareholder backs Liontrust takeover

By David Ricketts

2023-07-13T07:55:28Z

2 min read

GAM Asset Management

'We are convinced that the Liontrust offer provides the certainty of a path forward for all GAM stakeholders'

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GAM targeted UK in redundancy drive

GAM shakes up leadership at Systematic arm

GAM chief fights back: ‘We are not in a crisis’

Liontrust bleeds £1.6bn amid GAM deal drama

GAM board thrown out after landmark shareholder vote

Hedge fund veteran lined up as next GAM chief backs out

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London Stock Exchange fires US employee after video of ‘racist’ altercation

‘I was considered the most junior person in the room’: Senior disabled finance workers on promotion battles and prejudiced attitudes

JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon to meet chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Labour government’s first Budget

Liontrust, GAM bled €2bn from funds during failed takeover

Hedge fund veteran lined up to take the helm as GAM chief executive

GAM board to stand down after activist group extends funding lifeline

Liontrust’s bid for GAM fails

Liontrust CEO under fire over ‘false rumours’ in email to GAM investor

Activist group withdraws proposals from GAM shareholder meeting

Inside the battle to secure GAM’s future: ‘Something has to happen soon…or there will be more dire circumstances’

Liontrust-GAM activist ‘very optimistic’ he can block merger

Liontrust extends deadline on GAM takeover again

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