AssetMark Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

CMC Markets PLC is a United Kingdom-based company that provides an online platform for trading and investing, with a comprehensive retail, professional, and institutional offering. The Group’s business consists of two segments, Trading and Investing. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Trading segment, whose core business involves online trading, enabling clients to trade a broad array of financial instruments for short-term investment and hedging purposes. Additionally, the trading segment includes the Treasury Management and Capital Markets Division that invests surplus liquidity to enhance yield. The Investing segment supports clients’ longer-term investment goals. The group offers online stockbroking services in Australia, the UK, the USA, and Singapore.

Compagnie Financiere Tradition SA is a Switzerland-based interdealer broking firm. It acts as a marketplace and an intermediary and facilitates transactions between financial institutions and other professional traders in the capital markets. Its Financial and non-financial products include bonds, interest rates, index futures, currency and credit derivatives, equities, precious metals, energy and environmental products and others. Its geographical segments are Europe, Middle East and Africa; Americas and Asia-Pacific.

AJ Bell PLC is an investment platform in the United Kingdom. The Group has a single operating segment, being investment services in the advised and D2C space, administering investments in SIPPs, ISAs, and General Investment / Dealing Accounts. SIPPs and ISAs, Lifetime ISA, and junior products. The company generates revenue from recurring ad valorem, which includes custody fees, interest income, and investment management fees, and transactional. The company earns its revenue from its domicile country United Kingdom.

TP ICAP GROUP PLC provides broking professional intermediary services to match buyers and sellers of different financial, energy, and commodities products. Its role includes creating liquidity and price discovery in markets and providing insight and context to the clients. The company provides proprietary over-the-counter ('OTC') pricing information in the world with the data on financial, energy, and commodities products. Its clients include banks, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds, central banks, energy producers and refiners, risk and compliance managers, and charities. The company's segments include Global Broking which generates key revenue, Energy & Commodities, Liquidnet, Parameta Solutions, and Corporate.

Tradegate AG Wertpapierhandelsbank is a Germany-based company. It is engaged in providing banking and financial services. In addition to retail banking, the company focuses on the trading of several domestic and foreign securities on the Tradegate Exchange, and the Frankfurt and Berlin stock exchanges. The company's main business activity consists of market specialist activities and market making; it acts as a Market Specialist on the Tradegate Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and as an order book manager on the Berlin Stock Exchange. It extends its services to the securities listing on the stock exchanges in Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Hanover, and Dusseldorf.

Etoro Group Ltd is a multi-asset platform supporting trading and investing in equities, cryptoassets, commodities, currencies, and options traded either as an asset or as a derivative related to different underlying asset types. The Group is engaged in one operating segment of trading activity.

StashAway is a Singapore-headquartered digital wealth manager using its proprietary ERAA framework for risk-managed portfolios across stocks, bonds, and alternatives. Available in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong since 2016, it serves retail investors with automated rebalancing to adapt to economic regimes. The platform manages multi-asset strategies including ESG funds and fixed-income products.

Plus500 Ltd is an online provider of Contracts for Difference (CFDs). The company has developed and operates an online trading platform for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, financial instruments comprising equities, indices, commodities, options, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and foreign exchange. The trading platform is accessible from multiple operating systems including Windows, smartphones: iOS, Android, and Windows Phone, tablets: iOS, Android, and Surface, and web browsers. The group is engaged in three operating sectors: CFD trading; share dealing; and futures and options on futures. Geographically, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Australia, and Rest of the World, of which it derives maximum revenue from European Economic Area.

iFAST Corp Ltd is an investment holding company. It is engaged in the development of software, marketing of unit trusts, exchange-traded funds, listed stocks, debt securities, and Singapore government securities through websites and acting as an investment advisor, dealer, and custodian in the securities. The company operates through geographic segments are Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, United Kingdom, and China. The Singapore region generates maximum revenue for the company. iFAST receives revenue in the form of commissions and fees.

New York-headquartered CAIS is a fintech platform connecting independent financial advisors to alternative investments including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, structured notes, and digital assets. The marketplace streamlines access, execution, and reporting for over 4,000 advisor firms managing $4 trillion in assets. CAIS partners with Mercer for due diligence on fund managers and offers model portfolios via Allvue integration. Registered as an NFA member, securities are distributed through CAIS Capital LLC, a FINRA and SIPC member.

Icon is a Denver-based retirement technology provider offering Portable Retirement Plans that integrate with payroll systems for small businesses nationwide. The platform automates 401(k) administration, compliance reporting, and participant onboarding via APIs compatible with Gusto and ADP. Its PRP model allows account portability across employers, serving over 1,000 companies with features like auto-escalation and financial wellness tools.

Vestwell is a New York-headquartered financial technology platform delivering workplace savings solutions including 401(k), 403(b), IRA, 529 education, emergency, and ABLE accounts. Established in 2016, it integrates with payroll providers such as ADP and Paychex to streamline enrollment and administration for employers nationwide. The API-based system supports student loan repayment benefits and serves financial advisors, institutions, and government agencies, powering accounts for businesses across the United States with a focus on accessibility for retirement, education, healthcare, and disability savings.

Flatexdegiro SE is an independent online broker. The firm operates a proprietary securities trading platform under the brands flatex and DEGIRO and services more than 1 million European retail customers in European countries. The company also offers brokerage services and administration to corporate and institutional clients. The segments of the company are Financial Services and Technologies.

Matsui Securities Co Ltd is a Japanese online securities broker that provides services and a trading platform for retail investors. The company's main business is stock brokerage targeting individual investors, and provide online securities trading services. Specifically, it provides services such as commissioned trading of stocks and futures/options, underwriting, offering and selling, sales of investment trusts, and FX (foreign exchange margin trading). Since it has a single segment of online securities trading services, and have omitted the description of each segment. In addition, it has omitted the description of affiliated companies as those are of little importance.

Acorns is an Irvine-headquartered micro-investing platform that rounds up everyday debit card purchases to invest spare change into diversified exchange-traded fund portfolios. Asset managers such as Vanguard and BlackRock supply the underlying low-cost index funds tracking S&P 500 and total stock market benchmarks. The app also features automated recurring investments, retirement accounts, and banking services with FDIC-insured checking. Launched in 2012, Acorns serves customers throughout the United States.

CoinSwitch is India's largest cryptocurrency investment app serving over 20 million users. The Bengaluru-headquartered platform simplifies crypto purchases through one-time buys or systematic investment plans via a mobile-first interface. Users access educational content on Web3 and track market sentiments using the Crypto Rupee Index. CoinSwitch operates as a trusted gateway for retail investors entering bitcoin, ethereum, and other digital assets.

MX Technologies is a Lehi, Utah-headquartered fintech company founded in 2010 that aggregates, enhances, analyzes, presents, and acts on financial data for banks, credit unions, and fintech providers. It offers data aggregation, cleansing, auto-categorization, classification, money management tools, custom APIs, data analytics, marketing services, and user interfaces. The company supports online and mobile banking applications through partnerships with financial institutions across the United States.

Saudi Tadawul Group Holding Co provides trading, clearing, and settlement services in securities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It also provides services related to innovation in technology. The company's segment includes Capital Markets; Post Trade; Data and Technology Services and Corporate. It generates maximum revenue from the Post Trade segment.