Marty Bicknell

Provides brokerage dealing services

Mariner Wealth is a long-term investor that utilizes active and passive management strategies for their clients. The firm constructs portfolios using a mix of individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, exchange-traded notes, closed-end funds, mutual funds, private pooled investment vehicles, structured notes, alternative investments and digital assets. Their equity strategies focus on capital appreciation as a primary objective. They select individual securities based upon fundamental analysis performed by their research investment professionals. Their fixed income strategies aim to achieve capital preservation and are formed through a combined top-down and bottom-up perspective.

440 Investment Group focuses primarily on equities and alternatives using option strategies, including but not limited to covered calls, collars and spread strategies. The firm's core strategy, Premium Income, is an absolute return overlay strategy designed to provide clients with income uncorrelated to the performance of their underlying investments held as collateral. The strategy uses the available margin on a portfolio to sell deep out-of-the-money call and put spreads on the S&P 500 index. The strategy seeks to obtain a positive return in all market environments, while minimizing the overall standard deviation. 440 offers seven other strategies: Large-Cap Income, Alternative Bond Income, Alternative Municipal Bond Income, Managed Volatility, Covered Calls, Collars and Covered Call Reductions. The Large Cap Income strategy seeks to provide capital appreciation from investing in domestic equity securities augmented by income derived from option related strategies. The strategy invests in large-cap domestic equities that are trading below their intrinsic value. Additional income may be sought with option related strategies, such as covered calls. The 440 Alternative Bond Income strategy consists of a taxable investment grade passive ETF allocation, combined with an actively managed option allocation. The option allocation utilizes index options to sell deep out-of-the money call and put spreads on the S&P 500 Index and serves as the primary driver of return. The 440 Alternative Municipal Bond Income strategy consists of a municipal investment grade passive ETF allocation, combined with an actively managed option allocation. The option allocation uses index options to sell deep out-of-the-money call and put spreads on the S&P 500 Index and serves as the primary driver of return. The 440 Managed Volatility strategy is an absolute return strategy that sells out-of-the-money put and call spreads, typically combined in an Iron Condor Strategy, with a short time to expiration. The strategy seeks to obtain a positive return in all market environments, while minimizing the overall standard deviation of the strategy. The Covered Call overlay strategy can be used for individual equity strategies or for concentrated stocks. The strategy is designed to enhance return over a market cycle, providing incremental return and when appropriate, providing an opportunity to reduce a concentrated position. The Collar overlay strategy seeks to provide downside protection for a set period of time while minimizing the cost paid by selling an out-of-the-money call option and buying an out-of-the-money put option. The Covered Call Reduction strategy is a long-term strategy that seeks dollar-cost averaging out of a position when the position is increasing in value in order to spread capital gains over multiple tax years.

Acts as Venture Capital Fund

Mariner Private Equity invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in buyout and early stage capital transactions.

Nuance employs a disciplined value-oriented investment approach that invests in the stocks of high-quality, temporarily out-of-favor US companies with leading business franchises and good financial strength. They seek to invest when such securities are trading below their intrinsic value. The firm will close a short position, or buy the security to cover a short investment, when the security no longer has an attractive risk reward profile or when the security’s competitive position or financial situation improves beyond the Investment Team’s expectations.

Functions as a private equity fund

Functions as a private equity fund

Functions as a College/University