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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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2014
Once-mighty nontraded REIT sponsor Inland Real Estate Investment Corp. plots a comeback

Mitchell Sabshon plots a course for nontraded REIT sponsor Inland Real Estate Investment Corp. to recreate its prior success.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 18, 2014
Galvin begins examination of Puerto Rican muni debt obligations

Massachusetts securities regulators, led by William Galvin, have started looking into the sales Puerto Rican municipal debt obligations, sending inquiry letters to several firms.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 18, 2014
UBS facing legal fight over Puerto Rico bond funds gone south

A UBS unit is facing a legal fight over the sale of Puerto Rico closed-end-bond funds after their values slumped. Bruce Kelly has the story.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2014
Schorsch's RCS Capital moves to keep its 9,000 registered reps in the fold

In a highly anticipated move, RCS Capital Corp. said that it intends to create a retention package for the 9,000 registered representatives and investment advisers that it has acquired since the company had its initial public offering last June.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 17, 2014
Schorsch: RCS Capital is the next Merrill or Raymond James

Nicholas Schorsch, picking up Cetera Financial for $1.15 billion, likens his RCS Capital to two of the biggest names in the retail-securities industry and dismisses the notion he overpaid. <i>See also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20140116/FREE/140119925&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marron scores big on Cetera deal</a>.</i>

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 16, 2014
Finra arb panel sends reps a message

Steep punitive damages awarded to a client show that reps will be forced to pay heavily for their misconduct

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 06, 2014
Schorsch's American Realty Capital Properties merges with Cole Real Estate Investments

Deal finalized, creating the largest net lease REIT with an enterprise value of $21.5 billion.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 04, 2014
How many more wolves are left on Wall Street?

Investors and regulators are more tuned in to fraud now than in the days of the big boiler rooms.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 04, 2014
McEvoy resigns at Woodbury

CEO's departure is second big change in four months.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 26, 2014
Finra fines two IBDs owned by Ladenburg Thalmann a total of $1.275M

Triad Advisors, Securities America failed to supervise reps who created and sent inaccurate consolidated account statements to clients, regulator says.