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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NEWS RIAS AUG 20, 2013
LPL has solid second quarter but recruiting still sluggish

LPL enjoyed a solid financial quarter, but their adviser recruiting remained sluggish. Is there an end in sight for this slowdown?

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2013
REIT board asks Thompson to resign

New CEO calls Finra charges 'severe' and 'troubling.'

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2013
Inland taps a rival for its CEO

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2013
Schorsch in $2.3B deal with Inland

Real estate investor in 'unique position' to get deal done.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2013
Real estate fixture Thompson defrauded investors: Finra

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
Apple REIT Six OKs merger with Blackstone fund

Liquidity party kicks off for shareholders; Chambers Street Properties up next with planned IPO.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2013
National Planning latest to cut sales of an American Realty Capital REIT

Another B-D is cutting sales of a fast-selling American Realty Capital REIT. This time, it's not about overconcentration.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 08, 2013
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $105M to end MedCap suit

Investor recovery pool for failed private placements balloons by $105 million. Bruce Kelly has the details.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2013
Bank of NY Mellon to pay $114M in private-placement settlement

Bank of NY Mellon will pay $114M to settle charges stemming from Medical Capital's fraudulent Reg D offering. The cash will go toward helping investors recoup money they lost when the notes tanked.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 08, 2013
Reg D scare fading, but MedCap sales still haunt a broker-dealer

Hantz Financial could face class action complaint; 'don't get a do-over'