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.

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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 01, 2014
Ameriprise advice unit reports 29% increase in pretax profit

Net revenue per adviser up 14%, reaches $468,000

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 01, 2014
Securities America buying insurance-based B-D

Sunset Financial Services has 268 affiliated reps and $2.4 billion in client assets.

Citibank knocks LPL Financial down a peg
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 31, 2014
Citibank knocks LPL Financial down a peg

Analysts highlight the leading IBD's string of regulatory issues

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2014
Broker in alleged penny stock scheme already focus of customer complaints

Matthew Bell has checkered history in securities industry.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 29, 2014
Oopsy daisy: private REIT loses 87.5% of value

American Spectrum Advisors, the adviser to the American Spectrum REIT I Inc., this month offered to buy 1.6 million shares of the moribund REIT for $1.25 per share. The shares were originally sold for $10 per share.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 29, 2014
Are nontraded REIT commissions headed for a fall?

New rules proposed by Finra will make fees more transparent, but could result in lower upfront commissions for brokers, Bruce Kelly reports.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2014
Nontraded REIT signals liquidity on the way

Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. has hired advisers to evaluate alternatives.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 24, 2014
LPL losing a top recruiter

LPL is losing one of its leading recruiters, in the wake of three other recruiters resigning in the past year and a half.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 23, 2014
Liquidity events heating up REIT market this summer

New deals are being announced, while others are being completed.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2014
Claiming bad oversight, ex-rep urges investors reject REIT offer

Says adviser is lowballing American Spectrum.