Chattanooga, TN Office

Mariner Wealth Advisors-IC, LLC primarily serves as a referral and introduction vehicle, directing prospective clients — including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and businesses — to Mariner and other affiliated SEC-registered advisers and service providers. The firm does not provide personalized investment advice, does not manage client assets, had no assets under management as of December 31, 2025, and does not charge an investment advisory fee itself.

The firm operates within a complex Mariner ownership and affiliate structure and facilitates client introductions to a range of related firms; its investment adviser representatives may also be licensed insurance agents and receive compensation for referrals or insurance sales, which the brochure identifies as a potential conflict of interest. Mariner-IC has a Code of Ethics and personal trading policies that require reporting and pre-approval for certain transactions and restrict access persons from trading ahead of client activity.

What is distinctive about Mariner-IC relative to many peers is the breadth of affiliated service providers available for referral — including a trust company (Mariner Trust Company, LLC), broker-dealers (MSEC and W G Securities), an investment banking affiliate (Woodbridge), insurance agencies, specialty tax services, and minority interests in other advisers — creating an unusually wide internal referral network. The firm’s role as a non-fee-charging referrer with no direct AUM, combined with its wide array of affiliated financial-service entities, differentiates its business model from typical investment-manager firms that directly manage assets and charge percentage-of-AUM fees.