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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Half a dozen Midwest advisers bolt from Waddell & Reed
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2018
Half a dozen Midwest advisers bolt from Waddell & Reed

The broker-dealer, which has seen an exodus of brokers in the last couple of years, lost six more experienced advisers last week.

Transamerica entities to pay $97 million to investors over model portfolio snafus
NEWS RIAS AUG 27, 2018
Transamerica entities to pay $97 million to investors over model portfolio snafus

SEC says that Transamerica units failed to inform investors that certain investment models were flawed and did not work as planned.

Top private placement manager GPB to restate financial statements of certain funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 24, 2018
Top private placement manager GPB to restate financial statements of certain funds

Private placements have far fewer regulatory standards to adhere to than publicly listed companies.

Top Waddell & Reed team bolts to form RIA
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 22, 2018
Top Waddell & Reed team bolts to form RIA

Firm continues to lose advisers — this time a top team.

Acquisition of Cetera being financed through $1 billion junk bond sale
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 21, 2018
Acquisition of Cetera being financed through $1 billion junk bond sale

Bonds given junk status by Moody's because of high debt level being taken on by Cetera's parent company.

SEC charges five unlicensed salespeople in Woodbridge Ponzi
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 20, 2018
SEC charges five unlicensed salespeople in Woodbridge Ponzi

Unregistered agents pose "massive" problem in South Florida: attorney.

Cambridge Investment Research bags mid-sized broker-dealer
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 20, 2018
Cambridge Investment Research bags mid-sized broker-dealer

Broker Dealer Financial Services, an IBD with 150 reps and advisers, and $3.5 billion in assets, will become a Cambridge OSJ.

LPL recruiters jump to Ameriprise bank broker
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 17, 2018
LPL recruiters jump to Ameriprise bank broker

Hiring the recruiters appears to be part of Ameriprise's continued push into the bank broker market.

Top private placement manager GPB Capital halts sales to review accounting
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 17, 2018
Top private placement manager GPB Capital halts sales to review accounting

Leading seller of risky private placements will focus on accounting at two large funds.

As Ameriprise case shows, firms on hook when brokers go bad  ​
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 16, 2018
As Ameriprise case shows, firms on hook when brokers go bad ​

The SEC will collect $4.5 million from the brokerage firm for failing to supervise brokers who were ripping off clients.