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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Next Financial smacked with $475,000 in fines related to nontraded REIT
RIA NEWS JAN 02, 2020
Next Financial smacked with $475,000 in fines related to nontraded REIT

Massachusetts and New Hampshire cited the firm's sales practices and supervisory failures

Former Ladenburg chairman files suit to stop Advisor Group merger
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 27, 2019
Former Ladenburg chairman files suit to stop Advisor Group merger

Phillip Frost seeks monetary damages, a halt to the merger and the cancellation of the 2018 transaction

CFP Board's enforcement program needs a shake-up: report
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 18, 2019
CFP Board's enforcement program needs a shake-up: report

Self-reporting of regulatory issues by advisers has been a clear weakness.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 17, 2019
SEC charges head of small REIT and BDC with fraud

Suneet Singal allegedly lied about owning a dozen hotels to close a deal.

Wells Fargo Advisors signs up more than 1,000 advisers for new succession plan
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 12, 2019
Wells Fargo Advisors signs up more than 1,000 advisers for new succession plan

Program gives advisers who stay until retirement an additional bonus of 25% of their trailing 12

Jud Bergman remembered, and what happened at Envestnet when the CEO suddenly died
RIA NEWS DEC 11, 2019
Jud Bergman remembered, and what happened at Envestnet when the CEO suddenly died

At the MarketCounsel Summit, a moving discussion about the firm's founder, and what his death can teach RIAs about succession planning.

HighTower could double M&A in 2020 and soon hit $100 billion in assets: Oros
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2019
HighTower could double M&A in 2020 and soon hit $100 billion in assets: Oros

CEO believes firm could double the half-dozen deals it has closed or initiated this year

HighTower could double M&A in 2020 and soon hit $100 billion in assets: Oros
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2019
HighTower could double M&A in 2020 and soon hit $100 billion in assets: Oros

CEO believes the firm could double the half-dozen deals it has closed or initiated this year.

Joe Duran was offered a slice of pie in Goldman deal. So he took it
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2019
Joe Duran was offered a slice of pie in Goldman deal. So he took it

United Capital's CEO says the roaring stock market and a desire to hit a 2020 deadline for sale informed the decision to sell.

RIA M&A in 2020 to look a lot like 2019: Fidelity's Canter
RIA NEWS DEC 09, 2019
RIA M&A in 2020 to look a lot like 2019: Fidelity's Canter

This year will close with about 200 large RIA deals, a number that will probably be reached in 2020 as well.