Kansas

Asset Manager Firm TPG Buys Minority Stake in Creative Planning

Posted September 30, 2024 Creative Planning has entered into a deal to sell a minority stake in the company to asset management firm TPG. TPG is investing in Creative Planning through TPG Capital, a U.S. and European private equity arm… more

Q&A With… Paul Thompson, CEO of Country Club Bank

Posted September 26, 2024 Q: Give us a brief assessment of what drove growth at your company this past year, or, absent growth, factors that helped position you for it in the next cycle. A: We credit our continued growth… more

Tortoise Capital Advisors Selects Brett Wright as New CRO

Posted September 24, 2024 Overland Park-based Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC has found its new chief revenue officer. Tortoise Capital Advisors, an investment company that primarily operates in the energy and power infrastructure sectors, announced Brett Wright as the new chief… more

The Retirement Planning Group Acquires Firm with $185M in AUM

Posted September 24, 2024 Leawood-based The Retirement Planning Group has acquired Parrott Wealth Management, LLC, adding over $180 million in assets. Based in Austin, Parrott Wealth Management operates approximately $185 million in assets under management, as of December 31, 2023.… more

Black & Veatch Hires Ashley Davidson as Senior Vice President, CMO

Posted September 23, 2024 Overland Park-based Black & Veatch announced Ashley Davidson will join the company as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Davidson will spearhead the company’s global marketing strategy and support commercial growth and client engagement, according… more

Final Steel Beam Raised for KU’s David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium

Posted September 20, 2024 The University of Kansas celebrated a milestone this week as the final steel beam for the new David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium was set. On Thursday, over 100 members of the Kansas Football program visited the… more

Rural Bankers Expect Nearly 40% of Farmers to Lose Money in 2024

Posted September 19, 2024 The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index has plummeted to its lowest level since the pandemic, and farmers are expected to feel more pressure throughout the year. The region’s overall reading for September sank to 37.5 from… more

Aspiria Adds Healthcare IT Leaders to Overland Park Campus

Posted September 10, 2024 Aspiria is adding a health IT consultant company to its campus in Overland Park and will create more than 25 jobs in the area. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, Healthcare IT Leaders provides enterprise consulting and workforce… more

Terracon’s Fourth Acquisition of 2024 Adds Archaeological Consultant Firm

Posted September 9, 2024 Olathe-based Terracon announced it had acquired Flat Earth Archeology, a cultural resources management firm that plans to expand the company’s environmental planning services. Founded in 2008, Flat Earth Archeology is headquartered in Cabot, Arkansas and provides… more

New KU Cancer Center Receives $10M from The Cinelli Family Foundation

Posted September 10, 2024 The Cinelli Family Foundation has donated $10 million to help a new therapeutic laboratory at the new University of Kansas Cancer Center. The Lawrence-based organization’s donation will create a cellular therapeutics Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) laboratory.… more