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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner28 years in industry

Eric Towell

Advisor at MARINER

New Albany, IN | Louisville, KY | Lexington, KY

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 1, 2006 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: MARINER
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 29, 1997earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Dec 29, 1997
First registration: Mar 1, 2006
Dual registered: no
Other names: Eric Bowen Towell
IAPD individual key: 2883377

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
Mariner	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 18, 2023	n/a	yes	Louisville, KY\|Lexington, KY\|New Albany, IN	Current employment
CERITY PARTNERS LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 25, 2023	Nov 16, 2023	no	NEW YORK, NY\|LOUISVILLE, KY	Previous registration
CERITY PARTNERS OCIO LLC	Institutional manager	Aug 15, 2022	Apr 21, 2023	no	NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
EMPIRE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC	Independent wealth	May 21, 2021	Aug 30, 2022	no	Mount Lebanon, PA\|HOLMDEL, NJ	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Jan 23, 2018	May 25, 2021	no	BETHEL PARK, PA\|PITTSBURGH, PA\|MT LEBANON, PA\|ST LOUIS, MO	Previous registration
INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.	Asset manager	Jul 16, 2010	Dec 7, 2017	no	ATLANTA, GA\|Mt. Lebanon, PA	Previous registration
VAN KAMPEN ADVISORS INC	n/a	Mar 1, 2006	Jun 4, 2010	no	PLYMOUTH, MI\|HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
CERITY PARTNERS LLC	Mariner	Nov 16, 2023	Dec 18, 2023	32	Firm change	RIA to ibd
CERITY PARTNERS OCIO LLC	CERITY PARTNERS LLC	Apr 21, 2023	Apr 25, 2023	4	Bulk transfer	RIA to RIA
EMPIRE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC	CERITY PARTNERS OCIO LLC	Aug 30, 2022	Aug 15, 2022	-15	Firm change	RIA to RIA
EDWARD JONES	EMPIRE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC	May 25, 2021	May 21, 2021	-4	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.	EDWARD JONES	Dec 7, 2017	Jan 23, 2018	47	Firm change	Other
VAN KAMPEN ADVISORS INC	INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.	Jun 4, 2010	Jul 16, 2010	42	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ MARINERRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CERITY PARTNERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 25, 2023 to Nov 16, 2023factForm ADV
→ CERITY PARTNERS OCIO LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 15, 2022 to Apr 21, 2023factForm ADV
→ EMPIRE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 21, 2021 to Aug 30, 2022factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 23, 2018 to May 25, 2021factForm ADV
→ INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 16, 2010 to Dec 7, 2017factForm ADV
→ VAN KAMPEN ADVISORS INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 1, 2006 to Jun 4, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 16, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Eric Towell left Cerity Partners Llc for Mariner (registered 2023-12-18)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Aug 30, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Eric Towell left Empire Financial Management Company, Llc for Cerity Partners Ocio Llc (registered 2022-08-15)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago