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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Christian financial advisor designation gains traction at Edward Jones
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 20, 2025
Christian financial advisor designation gains traction at Edward Jones

Move over Dave Ramsey. Here come Kingdom Advisors.

Rejiggered business development companies trading at steep discounts
ALTERNATIVES NOV 18, 2025
Rejiggered business development companies trading at steep discounts

"In general, it's a tough time to be a BDC right now," one senior industry executive said.

Grid creep at Wells Fargo?
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 17, 2025
Grid creep at Wells Fargo?

'Tis the season for wirehouses to roll out pay plans, known as grids, and sing their praises to tens of thousands of employee financial advisors.

LPL Financial bumping up fees on 'direct' business, mutual funds held at outside firms
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 14, 2025
LPL Financial bumping up fees on 'direct' business, mutual funds held at outside firms

"Advisors are not going to like this, obviously," sad a senior industry executive.

Osaic loses multi-billion dollar asset firm Priority Financial Group to United Planners' Financial Services of America
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 13, 2025
Osaic loses multi-billion dollar asset firm Priority Financial Group to United Planners' Financial Services of America

Priority Financial Group, with an RIA of $3.1 billion in assets, is moving its broker-dealer operations to United Planners' Financial Services of America, an advisor-owned firm.

FINRA dings Wedbush Securities for compliance issues involving margin accounts, bond mark-ups
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 10, 2025
FINRA dings Wedbush Securities for compliance issues involving margin accounts, bond mark-ups

Wedbush Securities has 500 registered reps in 70 branch offices.

With ex-boss charged with stealing $150M, Beneficient execs grilled by Kansas lawmakers
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 07, 2025
With ex-boss charged with stealing $150M, Beneficient execs grilled by Kansas lawmakers

Bradley Heppner allegedly spent more than $40 million to renovate and decorate his Texas mansion.

NASCAR champ Kyle Busch claims $8.6M loss in insurance 'scheme'
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 06, 2025
NASCAR champ Kyle Busch claims $8.6M loss in insurance 'scheme'

"I never thought something like this could happen to us," Kyle Busch said in a statement.

GWG mess gets worse, chairman charged with $150M fraud
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 06, 2025
GWG mess gets worse, chairman charged with $150M fraud

GWG bond investors have incurred $1 billion in losses, according to the Department of Justice.

Blackstone BDC 'expects' a strong November, president Jonathan Gray says
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 04, 2025
Blackstone BDC 'expects' a strong November, president Jonathan Gray says

BCRED said in September it was cutting the monthly distribution to investors by 9% to 20 cents per share.