GTCR to buy wealth management tech AssetMark for $2.7 bln

AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. provides a wealth management platform that powers independent financial advisers and their clients. The Company’s platform provides advisers with an integrated suite of products and services that facilitates growth, streamlines workflows and provides scale to advisers’ businesses, so they can better serve their clients, who are investors of all sizes. Its platform includes Flexible technology platform, Personalized and scalable adviser service, Curated investment platform and Financial planning technology. Its integrated, open-architecture platform is built for advisers. Advisers have access to a range of automated tools and capabilities that help them differentiate the client experience, including new account opening, portfolio construction, streamlined financial planning, customer billing, investor reporting, progress-to-goal analysis, and client activity tracking. It also provides a full spectrum of services for many aspects of the adviser’s firm.