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Title:

Investment Advisory Agreement

Entities:

Gabelli Asset Management; GAMCO Investors, Inc.; GAM Funds Inc.

Date:

2003

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Price:

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ID:

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                                 GAM FUNDS, INC.


                                 October 9, 2002
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580-1435

                          Investment Advisory Agreement
                          -----------------------------

Dear Sirs:

     The undersigned,  GAM Funds, Inc., a Maryland  corporation (the "Fund"), is
an  open-end  diversified  series  investment  company,   registered  under  the
Investment  Company Act of 1940,  as amended (the "1940 Act").  This letter (the
"Agreement")  confirms  your  engagement  as  co-investment  adviser  to the GAM
American Focus  Long/Short Fund series of the Fund's shares ("GAM American Focus
Long/Short Fund") on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below:

SECTION 1.        Investment Management Services
                  ------------------------------

A.       General
         -------

     You shall, in cooperation with GAM  International  Management  Limited (the
"Co-Adviser"),  conduct and  maintain a  continuous  review of the  portfolio of
securities and investments held by GAM American Focus Long/Short Fund. You shall
also,  subject to any written  instructions from the Co-Adviser,  and subject to
the following  paragraph,  make all decisions  regarding  purchases and sales of
securities and other investments on behalf of GAM American Focus Long/Short Fund
(such portfolio review and decision making, the "Advisory Services").

     In performing the Advisory Services,  you shall be guided by the investment
objectives,  policies and  restrictions of GAM American Focus Long/Short Fund as
set forth in the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information filed by
the Fund with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  as amended from time to
time (the "Disclosure Documents"), and in accordance with such other policies or
limitations  adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund and the provisions of
the 1940 Act and the rules promulgated  thereunder.  We agree to supply you with
all such  relevant  documents  and to notify you of any relevant  changes in the
investment   objectives,   policies  and  restrictions  of  GAM  American  Focus
Long/Short Fund.

     In acting under this Agreement,  you shall be an independent contractor and
shall not be an agent of the Fund. You shall not have any responsibility for any
other matter relating to the operation of the Fund,  including,  but not limited
to,   preparation   of  disclosure   documents,   compliance   with   regulatory
requirements, accounting and servicing of shareholder accounts.


B.       Selection and Recommendations of Brokers
         ----------------------------------------

     Subject  to any  written  instruction  from the  Co-Adviser,  you  shall be
responsible  for the selection of members of securities  exchanges,  brokers and
dealers for the execution of the portfolio  transactions  of GAM American  Focus
Long/Short  Fund, and, when  applicable,  negotiating  commissions in connection
therewith.  All such  selections  shall be made in  accordance  with the  Fund's
policies  and  restrictions  regarding  brokerage  allocation  set  forth in the


 

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