Mariner Investment 13F-HR Quarterly holdings report by institutional manager

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

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			VALUE	SHRS OR	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER	TITLE OF CLASS	CUSIP	(x$1000)	PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGER	SOLE	SHARED	NONE
ABERDEEN ASIA PACIFIC INCOM	COM	003009107	329	64,175	SH		DFND		0	64,175	0
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC	COM	007903107	21	647,900	SH	Put	DFND		0	647,900	0
ADVENT CLAY CONV SEC INC FD	COM	007639107	304	52,862	SH		DFND		0	52,862	0
ADVENT CLAYMORE ENH GRW & IN	COM	00765E104	2,488	298,018	SH		DFND		0	298,018	0
AMERICAN CAP SR FLOATING LTD	COM	02504D108	222	20,083	SH		DFND		0	20,083	0
ANTERO RES CORP	COM	03674X106	2,248	83,400	SH		DFND		0	83,400	0
APOLLO SR FLOATING RATE FD I	COM	037636107	4,050	239,227	SH		DFND		0	239,227	0
APOLLO TACTICAL INCOME FD IN	COM	037638103	714	46,200	SH		DFND		0	46,200	0
ARES DYNAMIC CR ALLOCATION F	COM	04014F102	4,190	282,126	SH		DFND		0	282,126	0
ASSURED GUARANTY LTD	COM	G0585R106	9	100,000	SH	Call	DFND		0	100,000	0
AVENUE INCOME CR STRATEGIES	COM	05358E106	741	57,170	SH		DFND		0	57,170	0
BARCLAYS BK PLC	IPATH S&P500 VIX	06740Q252	187	200,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	200,000	0
BLACKROCK FLOAT RATE OME STR	COM	09255X100	1,556	112,237	SH		DFND		0	112,237	0
BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INC T	COM	09258A107	297	17,417	SH		DFND		0	17,417	0
BLACKSTONE GSO LNG SHRT CR I	COM SHS BN INT	09257D102	3,639	234,158	SH		DFND		0	234,158	0
BLACKSTONE GSO STRATEGIC CR	COM SHS BEN IN	09257R101	5,085	340,846	SH		DFND		0	340,846	0
BOULDER GROWTH & INCOME FD I	COM	101507101	6,377	760,929	SH		DFND		0	760,929	0
BUCKEYE PARTNERS L P	UNIT LTD PARTN	118230101	4,024	56,200	SH		DFND		0	56,200	0
CALAMOS CONV & HIGH INCOME F	COM SHS	12811P108	316	28,669	SH		DFND		0	28,669	0
CALAMOS GBL DYN INCOME FUND	COM	12811L107	942	125,434	SH		DFND		0	125,434	0
CALAMOS GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN	COM SH BEN INT	128118106	305	26,637	SH		DFND		0	26,637	0
CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HLDGS	CL A	18451C109	916	156,810	SH		DFND		0	156,810	0
CLOUGH GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES	SH BEN INT	18914E106	849	87,800	SH		DFND		0	87,800	0
COMSTOCK RES INC	COM	205768302	366	47,893	SH		DFND		0	47,893	0
COMSTOCK RES INC	NOTE 7.750% 4/0	205768AM6	882	1,216,000	PRN		DFND		0	1,216,000	0
COMSTOCK RES INC	NOTE 9.500% 6/1	205768AN4	2,132	2,941,000	PRN		DFND		0	2,941,000	0
DEUTSCHE BANK AG	NAMEN AKT	D18190898	208	180,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	180,000	0
DEUTSCHE HIGH INCOME OPPORT	COM	25158Y102	1,161	82,062	SH		DFND		0	82,062	0
DOUBLELINE INCOME SOLUTIONS	COM	258622109	235	12,259	SH		DFND		0	12,259	0
EATON VANCE FLTG RATE INCOM	COM SHS BEN INT	278284104	627	40,099	SH		DFND		0	40,099	0
EATON VANCE LTD DUR INCOME F	COM	27828H105	335	24,410	SH		DFND		0	24,410	0
EATON VANCE SR INCOME TR	SH BEN INT	27826S103	4,750	737,554	SH		DFND		0	737,554	0
ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS L P	COM	29250R106	4,440	174,600	SH		DFND		0	174,600	0
ENTERPRISE PRODS PARTNERS L	COM	293792107	7,181	259,900	SH		DFND		0	259,900	0
EQT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP	UNIT LTD PARTN	26885B100	6,948	91,190	SH		DFND		0	91,190	0
EVERI HLDGS INC	COM	30034T103	727	294,313	SH		DFND		0	294,313	0
FIFTH STR SR FLOATNG RATE CO	COM	31679F101	791	92,390	SH		DFND		0	92,390	0
FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP	COM	31678A103	238	41,000	SH		DFND		0	41,000	0
FIRST TR STRATEGIC HIGH INC	COM SHS NEW	337353304	553	44,853	SH		DFND		0	44,853	0
GEO GROUP INC NEW	COM	36162J106	39	68,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	68,000	0
HALCON RES CORP	*W EXP 09/09/202	40537Q118	25	11,671	SH		DFND		0	11,671	0
INVESCO DYNAMIC CR OPP FD	COM	46132R104	7,319	622,341	SH		DFND		0	622,341	0
INVESCO SR INCOME TR	COM	46131H107	2,191	506,083	SH		DFND		0	506,083	0
ISHARES	MSCI GERMANY ETF	464286806	221	8,400	SH		DFND		0	8,400	0
ISHARES TR	RUSSELL 2000 ETF	464287655	19	140,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	140,000	0
ISHARES TR	IBOXX HI YD ETF	464288513	1,077	12,340	SH		DFND		0	12,340	0
ISHARES TR	MRG RL ES CP ETF	464288539	2,102	200,000	SH		DFND		0	200,000	0
LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FD	SH BEN INT	530158104	1,102	212,722	SH		DFND		0	212,722	0
LMP CAP & INCOME FD INC	COM	50208A102	141	10,334	SH		DFND		0	10,334	0
MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PRTNRS LP	COM UNIT RP LP	559080106	7,013	99,140	SH		DFND		0	99,140	0
MPLX LP	COM UNIT REP LTD	55336V100	4,134	122,100	SH		DFND		0	122,100	0
NEUBERGER BERMAN RE ES SEC F	COM	64190A103	2,079	365,372	SH		DFND		0	365,372	0
NORTHSTAR ASSET MGMT GROUP I	COM	66705Y104	711	55,000	SH		DFND		0	55,000	0
NORTHSTAR RLTY FIN CORP	COM	66704R803	659	50,000	SH		DFND		0	50,000	0
NUVEEN CR STRATEGIES INCM FD	COM SHS	67073D102	7,110	838,454	SH		DFND		0	838,454	0
NUVEEN LG/SHT COMMODITY TOTR	COM UT BEN INT	670731108	1,979	149,670	SH		DFND		0	149,670	0
NUVEEN SHT DUR CR OPP FD	COM	67074X107	2,989	177,517	SH		DFND		0	177,517	0
NUVEEN SR INCOME FD	COM	67067Y104	4,281	654,519	SH		DFND		0	654,519	0
ONEOK PARTNERS LP	UNIT LTD PARTN	68268N103	3,979	99,600	SH		DFND		0	99,600	0
PIMCO DYNMIC CREDIT AND MRT	COM SHS	72202D106	362	17,755	SH		DFND		0	17,755	0
PIONEER FLOATING RATE TR	COM	72369J102	3,313	280,729	SH		DFND		0	280,729	0
PLAINS ALL AMERN PIPELINE L	UNIT LTD PARTN	726503105	4,589	146,100	SH		DFND		0	146,100	0
POWERSHARES ETF TRUST II	SENIOR LN PORT	73936Q769	23,210	1,000,000	SH		DFND		0	1,000,000	0
RADIO ONE INC	CL D NON VTG	75040P405	198	65,364	SH		DFND		0	65,364	0
RMR REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND	COM	76970B101	2,643	121,533	SH		DFND		0	121,533	0
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR	TR UNIT	78462F103	20,924	96,734	SH		DFND		0	96,734	0
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR	TR UNIT	78462F103	62	45,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	45,000	0
SPDR SERIES TRUST	S&P OILGAS EXP	78464A730	3	10,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	10,000	0
SPDR SERIES TRUST	S&P HOMEBUILD	78464A888	309	9,100	SH		DFND		0	9,100	0
SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS LP	COM	84756N109	6,532	149,500	SH		DFND		0	149,500	0
TC PIPELINES LP	UT COM LTD PRT	87233Q108	4,089	71,700	SH		DFND		0	71,700	0
THL CR SR LN FD	COM	87244R103	749	45,441	SH		DFND		0	45,441	0
VIRTUS TOTAL RETURN FD	COM	92829A103	386	81,400	SH		DFND		0	81,400	0
VOYA PRIME RATE TR	SH BEN INT	92913A100	1,105	209,331	SH		DFND		0	209,331	0
W & T OFFSHORE INC	COM	92922P106	352	199,985	SH		DFND		0	199,985	0
WESTERN ASSET CLYM INFL OPP	COM	95766R104	743	66,390	SH		DFND		0	66,390	0
WESTERN ASSET CLYM INFL SEC	COM SH BEN INT	95766Q106	663	57,935	SH		DFND		0	57,935	0
WESTERN ASSET CORPORATE LN F	COM	95790J102	1,661	155,405	SH		DFND		0	155,405	0
WHITING PETE CORP NEW	COM	966387102	4	20,000	SH	Put	DFND		0	20,000	0
ZAIS FINL CORP	COM	98886K108	1,562	108,268	SH		DFND		0	108,268	0