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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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 11, 2014
Feuding partners jeopardize real estate firm's future

The owners of Gemini Real Estate Advisors have dueling claims against each other.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 09, 2014
Wunderlich acquires wealth management assets of Dominick & Dominick

The transaction follows several similar deals in recent months, and the trend is likely to continue.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 21, 2014
Tony Thompson barred from securities industry

The regulator said he misrepresented $50 million private offering that later went into default

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 21, 2014
Lawyers for Tony Thompson want out

The law firm, which is representing the real estate investor in a number of cases, cites a breakdown in communication and failure to pay legal fees.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2014
Former Behringer Harvard apartment REIT seeking listing

For former fundraising powerhouse that fell on hard times after the real estate crash, a share listing could be “good event.”

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 20, 2014
LPL acquiring retirement plan broker-dealer

LPL gets back in the broker-dealer M&A hunt, adding to their retirement arm via Financial Telesis' 470 reps and RIA.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2014
Finra tacks on more time to REIT pricing change

Gives SEC another month to act on proposal.

NEWS RIAS AUG 13, 2014
RCAP to continue clearing with Pershing

B-D says new deal will result in cost savings comparable to what it would have realized had it moved clearing in house.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 13, 2014
LPL's chief market strategist resigns

The indie B-D behemoth is facing more turnover at the top, this time among its team of investment management professionals.