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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Captrust strikes again, buys $1.5 billion RIA
RIA NEWS OCT 09, 2019
Captrust strikes again, buys $1.5 billion RIA

Boston Advisors sells its financial advisory business to the big-time buyer of RIAs.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2019
Captrust strikes again, buys $1.5 billion RIA

Boston Advisors sells its financial advisory business to the big-time buyer of RIAs.

Taking a lump-sum pension payment? Watch out for bad boy brokers
RIA NEWS OCT 08, 2019
Taking a lump-sum pension payment? Watch out for bad boy brokers

A pension buyout comes with risks.

RIA NEWS OCT 08, 2019
Taking a lump-sum pension payment? Watch out for bad boy brokers

A pension buyout comes with risks.

ARCP class action investors get 50 cents on the dollar: Attorneys
RIA NEWS OCT 07, 2019
ARCP class action investors get 50 cents on the dollar: Attorneys

Investors in such large class action claims typically see pennies on the dollar.

LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers
RIA NEWS OCT 03, 2019
LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers

LPL's haul includes two groups from FSC Securities and almost $1.5 billion in client assets.

Commonwealth Financial fires back at SEC charges of conflicts of interest
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 03, 2019
Commonwealth Financial fires back at SEC charges of conflicts of interest

Firm says clients were not deceived by alleged conflicts over revenue-sharing

LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers
RIA NEWS OCT 03, 2019
LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers

LPL's haul includes two groups from FSC Securities and almost $1.5 billion in client assets.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 03, 2019
Commonwealth Financial fires back at SEC charges of conflicts of interest

Firm says clients were not deceived by alleged conflicts over revenue-sharing

Ex-LPL broker arrested, charged with running Ponzi scheme
RIA NEWS OCT 02, 2019
Ex-LPL broker arrested, charged with running Ponzi scheme

James T. Booth defrauded 40 clients of $5 million, Feds allege.