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 OCT 25, 2013
Alternatives crackdown continues as Finra fines VSR

More pain for broker-dealers as Finra fines another alternatives specialist. One exec cites the regulator's powerful message on need for supervision and approval processes among alternatives.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 24, 2013
Seinfeld star's financial adviser sued by regulators

Don't get caught like a deer in headlights like the clients of this Beverly Hills, Calif.-based wealth manager

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 23, 2013
No end in sight for Schorsch tear

After snapping up an alts manager and IDB, real estate maven on still on the hunt, with "insurance and other platform sponsors" in his sights.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 23, 2013
With Cole shares down, REIT's CEO faces questions over nixed deal

Rival Schorsch says company missed an opportunity by passing on his offer but that company fairly valued.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 23, 2013
Cole Real Estate Investments starts trading, drops below Schorsch offer

On their first day of trading, shares of Cole Real Estate Investments fell 5.2%, to $10.90. That's well below the $12.50 per share bid that American Reality Capital lodged in a takeover try in March -- an offer that was rejected by Cole. Ouch.

Crowd funding could come back to bite broker-dealers
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 23, 2013
Crowd funding could come back to bite broker-dealers

Risks include lack of information, new reporting standards, Abshure says

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 15, 2013
Finra charges B-D chief with using investor funds for home remodeling

Finra claims the head of a B-D that packages and distributes illiquid equipment-leasing funds misused investor money to pay for personal expenses including remodeling her house.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME OCT 13, 2013
Galvin eyeing Puerto Rican muni debt obligations

Value of P.R. muni bonds dropped last month.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 13, 2013
Soaking the rich is institutionalized

Bruce Kelly sheds light on the sleight of hand that investment banks and wirehouses play when charging fees to the very rich for investment advice.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME OCT 11, 2013
UBS Puerto Rico funds plummet

Brokerage unit accused of loading clients up with municipal bond debt.