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.

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Cetera deal for Avantax shows boom continues for wealth management assets
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 13, 2023
Cetera deal for Avantax shows boom continues for wealth management assets

The price tag Cetera paid for Avantax was 180% of its revenues last year, an unthinkable sum for a broker-dealer just a few years ago.

SEC hits YieldStreet with $1.9M penalty linked to shipping investment
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 12, 2023
SEC hits YieldStreet with $1.9M penalty linked to shipping investment

YieldStreet failed to disclose heightened risk, according to the SEC.

Barclays analyst latest to give LPL Financial shares room to run
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2023
Barclays analyst latest to give LPL Financial shares room to run

Barclays set a price target of $275 per share as it initiated coverage of LPL.

Cetera to buy tax specialist firm for $1.2 billion
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2023
Cetera to buy tax specialist firm for $1.2 billion

Deal affects almost 3,000 advisors working with $83.8 billion in client assets.

Strategic visionary who sticks to his guns 
NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 11, 2023
Strategic visionary who sticks to his guns 

Morgan Stanley’s CEO, InvestmentNews' 2023 Icon, has upset advisors at times with his policies but is revered for leading spectacular growth and his Smith Barney ‘master stroke.’

After fee fight, latest Schorsch REIT merger OK'd
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 08, 2023
After fee fight, latest Schorsch REIT merger OK'd

'We maintain our view that this represents an overly generous payment to the manager,' Institutional Shareholder Services says of the fee resulting from the deal.

Osaic nabs veteran Wells Fargo group managing $600 million in Michigan
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 07, 2023
Osaic nabs veteran Wells Fargo group managing $600 million in Michigan

Labor Day weekend is a traditional time for financial advisors to leave one firm and be recruited by another.

Creative Planning paves multilane road for old United Capital advisors
NEWS RIAS SEP 06, 2023
Creative Planning paves multilane road for old United Capital advisors

'We’ll wind up with two completely separate RIAs,' says Creative Planning CEO Peter Mallouk.

Ex-Wells chief Kowach's new firm buys Tennessee  broker-dealer
NEWS RIAS SEP 05, 2023
Ex-Wells chief Kowach's new firm buys Tennessee broker-dealer

The firm, Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, is based in Nashville and has been in business since 1945.

Another key executive to leave Goldman asset and wealth group?
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 01, 2023
Another key executive to leave Goldman asset and wealth group?

The New York Post report comes after a string of executives have left the group in recent months.