Key Moments in the History of FAM
Today, FAM and its affiliates operate in 16 offices and serve over 210,000 clients globally.* Take a peek at how our firm has evolved in our 45+ years of helping individuals, families, businesses and institutions all over the world achieve their long-term financial goals.
*As of 30/06/2026, FAM and its affiliates manage over $637 billion in assets globally—over $540 billion for private investors and $96 billion for institutional investors.
Contributions to the Investment Universe
Throughout FAM's history, we have continuously developed ways to look at capital markets differently.
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Key Developments
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Ongoing Research
Key Developments
- Ken Fisher's theoretical work in the 1970s popularised the use of the Price-to-Sales Ratio, now a core element of modern financial curriculum. This tool was instrumental in managing small cap value portfolios for our institutional clients.
- In the mid-1980s, FAM contributed to the delineation of six distinct investment styles. We used these advancements as the foundation for a new series of broad mandate strategies, including Global Total Return, US Total Return and Foreign Equity.
Ongoing Research
FAM has dedicated significant resources to the field of behavioural finance to better understand financial tools and how investors use them. Our research has led us to develop practical applications of behavioural finance in our portfolio management process.
FAM's research has been showcased in numerous financial journals, including the Financial Analysts Journal and The Journal of Portfolio Management. In 1984, Ken began writing Forbes’ “Portfolio Strategy” column, which ran monthly until 31/12/2016—making Ken the longest continuously running columnist in the magazine’s history.
He writes monthly, native language columns in major media organs around the world, including the the New York Post in the United States; The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; The Australian Financial Review; Denmark’s leading business newspaper, Børsen; Singapore’s The Business Times; Taiwan’s Business Weekly; Caixin—often called the “Bloomberg of China”; Israel’s Calcalist; South Korea’s largest business paper, Chosun Weekly Biz; Japan’s Diamond Weekly; France’s largest business newspaper, Les Echos, and L’Opinion; Spain’s largest business website and newspaper, elEconomista; India’s Eenadu (Telugu) and Vijayavani (Kannada); Saudi Arabia’s Al Eqtisadiah; Mexico’s El Financiero; Germany’s Focus Money; Canada’s most read newspaper, The Globe and Mail; the Hong Kong Economic Journal; Argentina’s Infobae; Ireland’s Irish Independent; Portugal’s Jornal de Negócios; Norway's Kapital; Belgium’s La Libre; the United Arab Emirates’ The National; Sweden’s Privata Affärer; Italy’s third largest newspaper and number one business paper, Il Sole 24 Ore; the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, De Telegraaf; Austria’s Trend; and Brazil’s leading daily business and financial newspaper, Valor Econômico In total, his 31 unique columns span more countries in more total volume than any other columnist of any type ever.
Ken has also written 11 books on investing and wealth creation. Four of Ken's more recent books—Debunkery (2010), How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud (2009), The Ten Roads to Riches (2008) and The Only Three Questions That Count (2006)—were named New York Times bestsellers.
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