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 MAR 28, 2012
Value of popular nontraded REIT hammered

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 18, 2012
Pacific West is ordered to pony up $2.1M over TICs

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 16, 2012
Ron Carson: I got the Muppet treatment from Goldman

Well-known wealth manager Ron Carson claims he recently got a first-hand look at how Wall Street treats clients. He wasn't impressed.

Still no payment in Capital Analysts Ponzi settlement as firm readies sale
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 16, 2012
Still no payment in Capital Analysts Ponzi settlement as firm readies sale

The story of Kenneth Wayne McLeod -- and the Ponzi scheme he engineered -- reads more like a screenplay than real life. But to the victims of the con man, the bizarre tale must feel like a nightmare.

Why advisers should — or should not — invest in hedge funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 15, 2012
Why advisers should — or should not — invest in hedge funds

Two investors square off over the value of these private funds

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 14, 2012
Lincoln to hit some RIAs with up to $20K in new fees

Lincoln Investment Planning Inc., a fast growing independent broker-dealer, is hitting its reps and advisers who run their own RIAs with a new, annual supervision and compliance fee of up to $20,000.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2012
TIC investments come back to bite

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2012
So how much did First Allied go for?

Recent filing would seem to indicate acquirer paid at least $43M for the indie B-D

SEC upping the ante with new, more sophisticated technology: Schapiro
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAR 08, 2012
SEC upping the ante with new, more sophisticated technology: Schapiro

The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to beef up and streamline its technology, adding new systems to track and catch fraudsters and other financial miscreants.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 08, 2012
LPL is gunning for hotshot reps