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LPL Financial acquires Mariner Advisor Network

LPL’s $31B Mariner Advisor Network Deal: Inside the Acquisition That Reshapes the Independent Channel

May 4, 2026

LPL Financial agreed to buy Mariner Advisor Network: 367 advisors, $31B AUM. Inside the deal reshaping the independent broker-dealer landscape.

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Inside April 2026’s Breakaway Wave: $7 Billion of Advisor Assets Walked Out the Door This Month

April 27, 2026

April 2026 saw the biggest advisor breakaway wave in years. Sanctuary, Corient, Mariner, Prairie View â€” $7B+ moved. What it signals for wealth management.

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LPL’s $31B Mariner Advisor Network Deal: Inside the Acquisition That Reshapes the Independent Channel

Inside April 2026’s Breakaway Wave: $7 Billion of Advisor Assets Walked Out the Door This Month

Active ETFs Hit a Record $245 Billion in Q1 2026 — and 146 Quietly Closed Last Year. The Survivorship Trap Advisors Keep Missing

Family Offices After OBBBA: The Section 162 Test That Decides Whether Millions in Costs Are Deductible

Buffer ETFs Cross $80 Billion: What the 15% Floor Actually Costs Advisors in 2026

The GRAT Comes Back: Why a Permanent $15 Million Exemption Makes the Freeze Play Smarter in 2026

Vanguard and TIAA Put a Pension Back Inside the 401(k): The In-Plan Lifetime Income Push of 2026

Switzerland’s $20 Billion Capital Demand Lands on UBS Just as It Bets on a US Wealth Turnaround

Trump Accounts Launch July 4: The $1,000 Seed Is Free Money, the Tax Treatment Is Where Families Should Slow Down

Target-Date CITs Hit 54% of Assets as Mutual Funds Lose the 401(k)

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