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Mariner

OVERLAND PARK,, KS

CRD: 151664

In PWD coverage since August 14, 2026 · 12 stories

$2.8BRegulatory AUMSEC Form ADV · Oct 3

13EmployeesForm ADV

Regulatory AUM · Aug 16 – Oct 3

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The Close

Convergence is buying the top of the market, not the middle

The retirement-advice M&A wave pays gatekeeper prices for institutional standing, but the small-plan business that convergence was meant to unlock is still waiting on pooled employer plans and AI advice that remain ambition rather than deployment.

M&A · Sep 15Creative Planning is buying the gatekeeper, not the $4.3 trillion book

practice · Sep 14Schwab's Claude exclusive puts a $4,800 AI seat on 16,000 RIAs

practice · Sep 14The AI race moves to what happens after the meeting

advisor_note · Sep 12Mariner's $175 million bot budget is a supervision purchase

Features · Sep 12RIA checks are now retention swaps

advisor_note · Sep 3Aquiline's Flourish Deal Puts Cash Sweeps in the Boardroom

M&A · Sep 2Aquiline's Flourish control is a distribution play

Data · Sep 1Eleven breakaways, 979 moves: custody is now the contract

M&A · Aug 26RIA deal count dips as acquired assets nearly double to $342.9 billion

move · Aug 18Cetera's fifth channel puts every independence option under one roof

RIA · Aug 14Schwab targets $1 trillion in self-directed assets for its RIA

Mariner

Convergence is buying the top of the market, not the middle

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