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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Mariner Wealth Advisors

Former SEC-registered adviserOverland Park, KansasCRD 329377SEC 801-129362websiteIAPD
Legal name Mariner Wealth Advisors-Pr, LLC
Latest filing Mar 29, 2025
First filing on the tape Dec 15, 2023 · 3 filings
SEC status approved since Jan 12, 2024
RAUM
$2.2M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$2.2M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
1
1 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
3 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$2.2M as of Mar 29, 2025
Dec 15, 2023$0 then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of Mar 29, 2025
Dec 15, 20230 then
Employees (5.A)1 as of Mar 29, 2025
Dec 15, 20230 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal year
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 29, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$2.2MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$220,422derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
0.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
unknownderivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutionsreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
a PE fund or sponsor is a 25 percent or greater owner on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Individuals$2.2M100%
Individual clients
7reported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
10reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixedreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
1 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -1 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days1 left over 36 months
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Every departureEvery arrival
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Renee Cheryl Bicknell · Chief Operating Officercontrol
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Christopher Martin Bicknell · Chief Executive Officercontrol
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Jenelle Anne Dorian · General Counsel; Chief Compliance Officercontrol
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Allen Jeffrey Poe · Chief Financial Officercontrol
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Kenny Pointer · Chief Services Officercontrol
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Delores Katrina Radenberg · Chief Investment Officercontrol
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Renee Cheryl Bicknell · Elected Managercontrol
    since 07/2021 · owns F of Mwa Holdco, LLC
  • Christopher Martin Bicknell · Elected Managercontrol
    since 07/2021 · owns F of Mwa Holdco, LLC
  • Glenn John Danhakl · Trusteecontrol
    since 10/1997 · owns F of The Danhakl Revocable Trust
  • Paul Gary Henson · Elected Managercontrol
    since 07/2021 · owns F of Mwa Holdco, LLC
  • Adam Jonathan Seiffer · Elected Managercontrol
    since 07/2021 · owns F of Mwa Holdco, LLC
  • Davis Jonathan Sokoloff · Elected Managercontrol
    since 07/2021 · owns F of Mwa Holdco, LLC
  • Davis Jonathan Sokoloff · Trusteecontrol
    since 10/1997 · owns F of The Sokoloff Family Trust
  • Kim Maureen Kiefer-Goldenberg · Senior Vice President, Compliance
    since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
Entity owners
  • Mariner Wealth Advisors, LLC · Managing Member
    direct · owns 75% or more
  • Emerald Holdings I, LLC · General Partner
    indirect · owns F of Emerald Holdings II, L.P.
  • Emerald Holdings II, L.P. · Limited Partner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Lgp Feeder, L.P.
  • Gei Capital Viii, LLC · General Partner
    indirect · owns F of Green Equity Investors Viii L.P.
  • Gei Capital Viii, LLC · General Partner
    indirect · owns F of Green Equity Investors Side Viii L.P.
  • Gei Viii Mw Aggregator LLC · Member
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Mwa Holdco, LLC
  • Green Equity Investors Side Viii L.P. · Member
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Gei Viii Mw Blocker LLC
  • Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. · Manager
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Peridot Coinvest Manager LLC
  • Lgp Feeder, L.P. · Limited Partner
    indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
  • Lgp Management, Inc. · General Partner
    indirect · owns F of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
  • Lgp Management, Inc. · Manager
    indirect · owns F of Gei Capital Viii, LLC
  • Mwa Holdco, LLC · Manager
    indirect · owns F of Mwa Midco, LLC
  • Mwa Midco, LLC · Manager
    indirect · owns F of Mariner Wealth Advisors, LLC
  • Peridot Coinvest Manager LLC · Manager
    indirect · owns F of Gei Viii Mw Blocker LLC
  • Peridot Coinvest Manager LLC · Manager
    indirect · owns F of Gei Viii Mw Aggregator LLC
  • The Danhakl Revocable Trust · Member
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Emerald Holdings I, LLC
  • The Danhakl Revocable Trust · Limited Partner
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Emerald Holdings II, L.P.
  • The Sokoloff Family Trust · Limited Partner
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Emerald Holdings II, L.P.
  • The Sokoloff Family Trust · Member
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Emerald Holdings I, LLC
  • Gei Viii Mw Blocker LLC · Member
    indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Gei Viii Mw Aggregator LLC
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
Advisers that list Mariner Wealth Advisors as a related person
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
San Juan, Pr001
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
  • Guaynabo, San Juan, PR
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 0 to 10
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • Advisory employees · 0 to 1
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • Individual clients · unset to 7.0
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • Employees · 0 to 1
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • Financial planning clients · 0 to 1-10
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • State-registered IARs · 0 to 1
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $2.2M
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • Individual RAUM · unset to 2204223.0
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
  • RAUM · $0 to $2.2M
    Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 29, 2025
Signals
3 dated events
  • Mariner Wealth Advisors no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2026-01-02, RAUM $2.2M)
    Feb 2, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
  • Kurt Arthur Schindler left Mariner Wealth Advisors for Mariner (registered 2026-01-06)
    Jan 6, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Mariner Wealth Advisors filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
    Dec 15, 2023 · First SEC registration · fact
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
Provenance
Form ADV
SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Advisors
IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Class
Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
RAUM per advisor
n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded
Sep 14, 2026