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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Consultant41 years in industry

DAVID KENT STOFER

Advisor at MARINER INSTITUTIONAL, LLC

OVERLAND PARK, KS | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | Scottsdale, AZ | Overland Park, KS

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Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 24, 2006 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: MARINER INSTITUTIONAL, LLC
Current firm class: other adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Nov 30, 1984earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 41derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 2
Registered states: 2
Designations: Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Nov 30, 1984
First registration: Jan 24, 2006
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 1311305

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 INSTITUTIONAL, LLC	Other adviser	Oct 30, 2024	n/a	yes	Scottsdale, AZ\|Overland Park, KS	Current employment
Mariner	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 29, 2018	n/a	yes	OVERLAND PARK, KS\|SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Current employment
MARINER RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Oct 8, 2014	Jul 3, 2018	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS\|LEAWOOD, KS	Previous registration
CREATIVE PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS, LLC	Institutional manager	Jan 25, 2008	Oct 7, 2014	no	KANSAS CITY, MO\|NEWPORT BEACH, CA	Previous registration
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 7, 2008	Oct 8, 2014	no	KANSAS CITY, MO\|NEWPORT BEACH, CA\|KANSAS CITY, MO	Previous registration
AMERICAN PORTFOLIOS ADVISORS, INC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 24, 2006	Aug 27, 2007	no	HOLBROOK, NY	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
MARINER RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC	Mariner	Jul 3, 2018	Jun 29, 2018	-4	Firm change	Other
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	CREATIVE PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 8, 2014	Jan 25, 2008	-2,448	Firm change after gap	Other
CREATIVE PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS, LLC	MARINER RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 7, 2014	Oct 8, 2014	1	Firm change	Other
AMERICAN PORTFOLIOS ADVISORS, INC	CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Aug 27, 2007	Jan 7, 2008	133	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
172372:140195:KS:2018-07-03	Jul 3, 2018	Jun 29, 2018	LEAWOOD, KS	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ MARINER INSTITUTIONAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 30, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MARINERRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 29, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MARINER RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 8, 2014 to Jul 3, 2018factForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 7, 2008 to Oct 8, 2014factForm ADV
→ CREATIVE PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 25, 2008 to Oct 7, 2014factForm ADV
→ AMERICAN PORTFOLIOS ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 24, 2006 to Aug 27, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

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