LPL Financial
Leading independent broker-dealer and advisory services platform with $1.1 trillion in assets served, providing technology, trading, compliance, and support services to independent financial advisors.
Why interesting to a deal team
Kaminski and Gent both built M&A teams at LPL; represents institutional buyer in RIA consolidation market; acquired Mariner Advisor Network from Bicknell in April 2026.
Experts connected to this company
- Ryan Kaminskiinaugural member of sell-side advisory services group
- Christopher GentBuilt and led LPL's large-transaction M&A advisory team
- Marty BicknellBought Mariner Advisor Network from Bicknell's firm, April 2026
Ryan Kaminski
Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
Green Sail Capital Partners
Co-Head of M&A at Green Sail, a boutique RIA/broker-dealer advisory shop; he's publicly warning valuations are peaking — a contrarian read deal teams should stress-test against.
Christopher Gent
Co-Founder and M&A Advisor
Green Sail Capital Partners
Co-founder of an RIA M&A boutique built from LPL's top deal team, now publicly warning 7-18x EBITDA multiples are unsustainable — a contrarian pricing check for any RIA aggregation thesis.
Marty Bicknell
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mariner Wealth Advisors
As Mariner's founder-CEO he has personally negotiated its largest M&A deals, giving him firsthand insight into RIA aggregation economics, integration and valuation.
Sources
- Structured dataPrimarylpl.com
- Structured dataPrimarylpl.com/about-us.html