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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Trendspotting: Carlyle Group puts money into RIA Avalon Advisors
NEWS RIAS AUG 09, 2011
Trendspotting: Carlyle Group puts money into RIA Avalon Advisors

Is this a trend? Another private equity firm has invested in the RIA space -- and this time the buyer is the giant Carlyle Group.

Two top Securities America advisers bolt for rival LPL Financial
NEWS RIAS AUG 08, 2011
Two top Securities America advisers bolt for rival LPL Financial

'Stay bonus' be damned: LPL's gain is Securities America's loss as two top producers depart

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 08, 2011
LPL aggressively pursues Securities America's top producers

While Securities America looks to find a suitor -- and tries to stop reps from bolting -- other B-Ds are on the prowl for the firm's top producers. The big winner so far? LPL.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2011
Securities America asks reps to pledge allegiance

Securities America this week asked reps to sign a letter expressing their suppport for the firm. For some, the letter signals the besieged B-D is close to being sold,

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2011
Commonwealth, LPL sold troubled private placement

After avoiding the pitfalls of disastrous Regulation D deals over the past decade, Commonwealth Financial Network and LPL Financial LLC are contending with potential fallout from a real estate private placement that faces pressure from its creditors

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 07, 2011
Workman Securities to shut down; reps told to make a move

Another troubled broker-dealer is closing, but with a twist: The firm is telling its advisers to move en masse to another firm, according to brokers at the firm and industry recruiters

NEWS RIAS AUG 05, 2011
Investors Capital will subsidize FSI memberships for its advisers

The Financial Services Institute, the lobbying organization for independent broker-dealers, said Friday that it had picked up the support of advisers this week from sizable independent broker-dealer Investors Capital Corp.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 05, 2011
B-D to settle private-placement suits

A broker-dealer that was a prominent seller of high-risk private placements that wound up going bust has almost wiped the slate clean of costly litigation that could have impaired the firm's financial condition

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 05, 2011
B-D to pay clients $700K to settle private-placement suits

A broker-dealer that was a prominent seller of high-risk private placements that wound up going bust has almost wiped the slate clean of costly litigation that could have impaired the firm's financial condition.

NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Ron Carson announces adviser hire for new RIA firm

In a major hire for his new registered investment advisory firm, CWM LLC, Ron Carson has announced that well-known veteran investment adviser Rob Isbitts will become chief investment officer of the firm, which was launched July 1