Great Plains Trust Company was chartered as an independent Kansas trust company in April 1994 by the Office of the State Bank Commissioner to transact a general trust company business in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas. The company’s initial business was principally comprised of providing investment management services to employee benefit plans. Since our inception, Great Plains Trust has expanded its overall services to include providing investment and asset management, trustee, and custody services to employee benefit plans, foundations, trusts, individuals and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Further, Great Plains Trust provides personal and institutional trust administration and custody services and investment management agency and custody service. Total fiduciary assets have grown from approximately $100 million at the end of 1994 to in excess of $1.5 billion on March 31, 2005. Great Plains Trust Company has been located in Shawnee Mission, Kansas during its entire existence.
Great Plains Trust Company is entirely owned by individuals. Employees and individuals serving on the company’s board of directors own the majority of the company’s outstanding stock.
Our affiliated investment management firm, Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc., was founded in 1989. It is an Investment Management Services firm located in Shawnee Mission, Kansas specializing in: Pension Plan Asset Management, Private Client Services, Foundations and Endowment Asset Management, Mutual Fund Services (including The Buffalo Group of No-Load Mutual Funds), and Institutional Asset Management. It currently employs 23 investment professionals, 18 operations professionals, and manages in excess of $5.7 billion.
Great Plains Trust employs a team of professional investment management and administrative personnel that are committed to providing our clients with the personal service and regular communication that they have come to expect and appreciate. Our relationship with Kornitzer Capital Management allows us the unique ability to maintain a high degree of personal service, while also providing our clients with unmatched investment expertise. The depth and experience of our investment management team is unmatched on a regional basis.
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