During a year when ever-larger RIAs are being acquired, Hightower says it reached a deal with 6 Meridian, a $1.8 billion AUM firm in Wichita, Kan.
'This gives us an opportunity to provide wealth management services to what may be around 1 million participants in 401(k) plans all over the country,' Mallouk says.
Credit Suisse also appointed investment bank chief Christian Meissner to run the Americas.