AssetMark to add $5.7 billion in AUM with acquisition

AssetMark to add $5.7 billion in AUM with acquisition
Takeover of Sarasota, Fla.-based firm will push assets served by AssetMark over $50 billion.
AUG 13, 2018

AssetMark Inc., a Concord, Calif.-based turnkey asset management program for advisers, has agreed to acquire Global Financial Private Capital, a Sarasota, Fla.-based firm that has $5.7 billion in combined assets under managment on its platforms. According to a statement announcing the deal, Global Financial Private Capital provides advisers with strategic investment solutions, practice management guidance, business consulting services and state-of-the-art technology. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. AssetMark, which currently has about $46 billion of assets on its platforms, was purchased in 2016 by Huatai Securities Co., a Nanjing, China-based securities firm.

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