Capital International's Gosztony named as GMM marketer of the year

The editorial staff of Global Money Management has named Stephen Gosztony, senior vp. of Capital International in London, as Marketer of the Year. Gosztony, together with last year's runner-up James Stewart, was instrumental in growing the U.S. firms assets under management and wresting business away from major U.K. players. According to a London-based Capital International official, the firm in 1998 brought in US$4.5 billion of segregated accounts sourced in the U.K and US$1.2 billion from the Continent, up from US$2.5 billion of new business in 1997 (GMM, 25/5).

A strong element of Capital International's success has been the firms ability to handle customised benchmarks to which the construction of its portfolios is well suited. Gosztony was a prominent advocate of this approach that was well received...