Bruce Kelly

A former middle school and high school English teacher, Bruce Kelly started at InvestmentNews in 2000 as the brokerage reporter after a two-year stint at sister publication Pensions & Investments. He writes a bi-weekly, award winning column, On Advice, and covers the independent broker-dealer industry.

Bruce Kelly
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Cetera suspends sales of AR Capital REITs
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 09, 2015
Cetera suspends sales of AR Capital REITs

Broker-dealer takes action after Massachusetts' securities regulator charged a related company with fraudulently rounding up proxy votes to support real estate deals sponsored by AR Capital.

RCS Capital plans to post $307M loss for the third quarter
NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 09, 2015
RCS Capital plans to post $307M loss for the third quarter

Brokerage firm previously controlled by Nicholas Schorsch expects to have third-quarter loss due to impairment of goodwill and intangible assets.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 09, 2015
Debt-crippled RCAP said to be shopping Cetera

The jewel of Nicholas Schorsch's empire is reportedly being shopped as RCS Capital, or RCAP, continues to struggle.

RCAP to focus on cost-cutting at Cetera
NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 09, 2015
RCAP to focus on cost-cutting at Cetera

Now that RCS Capital Corp. has sold its wholesaling business, the cost-cutting can begin in earnest at the 11 broker-dealers with 9,500 advisers who make up its Cetera Financial Group, led by CEO Larry Roth.

RCS Capital to sell wholesaling business to Apollo to focus on Cetera Financial Group
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 09, 2015
RCS Capital to sell wholesaling business to Apollo to focus on Cetera Financial Group

Private-equity giant Apollo Management has agreed to pay $25 million for the wholesaling business of broker-dealer holding company RCS Capital (RCAP). In a separate deal, the company's largest shareholder, Nicholas Schorsch, and his partners will receive a huge payday in return for a stake in a new asset management firm that holds the business of ARC.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2015
W.P. Carey sets fundraising record in first half

$909 million raised is almost as much as the $1.04 billion the firm raised all of last year.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2015
Nontraded REIT heavyweight W.P. Carey retreats from net-lease real estate

As spreads tighten, turning attention to lodging, self-storage and Europe.

Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse strike recruiting deal for 250 advisers
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 03, 2015
Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse strike recruiting deal for 250 advisers

Wells Fargo & Co. and Credit Suisse have struck a deal for Wells to recruit close to 250 advisers currently under the roof of Credit Suisse's U.S. private bank.

H.D. Vest to be acquired by Internet company Blucora for $580 million
NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 03, 2015
H.D. Vest to be acquired by Internet company Blucora for $580 million

Internet company Blucora pays whopping premium to align the independent broker-dealer with one of its current businesses, TaxACT.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 28, 2015
Raymond James a potential target for activist investors?

One securities analyst says the brokerag firm, with its rich capital reserves, could be attractive to an investor seeking to boost shareholder value.