Creative Planning President Peter Mallouk.
Creative Planning, a $43 billion RIA based in Overland, Kansas, has acquired America's Best 401k, a low-cost retirement plan provider, giving it a larger foothold in the retirement plan business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The retirement business is ripe for growth; and acquiring America's Best 401k will allow us to stay at the forefront of the 401(k) industry," said Peter Mallouk, president of Creative Planning, in a statement.
As a result of the acquisition, Creative Planning will add about $1 billion to the $3 billion it already manages in defined contribution assets. It had already been working with America's Best 401k, whose president, Tom Zgainer, will remain in his current role.
America's Best 401k is only the second acquisition by Creative Planning, which was founded in 2004 with $34 million in assets under management. It follows the firm's acquisition in February of The Johnston Group, an RIA in Minneapolis with $500 million in AUM.
