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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NEWS RIAS SEP 21, 2017
With margins crashing, broker-dealers look to merge: report

Increased regulation is straining profit margins among broker-dealers, sending many of them into the arms of their bigger brethren.

NEWS RIAS SEP 19, 2017
Adviser files motion to dismiss claim he was involved in fake news about murdered DNC staffer

Complaint alleges Ed Butowsky and Fox News 'worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House' to concoct phony story to divert attention from Russian hacking in 2016 presidential campaign.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 18, 2017
Finra bars former First Allied broker with history of social media miscues

John Kai had been fired earlier this year for violations of communications policies, outside business activities and borrowing funds from a client, to name a few.

NEWS RIAS SEP 15, 2017
Broker-dealers and RIAs at loggerheads over fiduciary rule delay

Companies and groups weighing in with comment letters have vastly different viewpoints on the delay's potential impact.

NEWS RIAS SEP 14, 2017
SEC warns RIAs about exaggerating investment performance and other misleading advertising practices

The regulator's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued a risk alert Thursday about potential violations of advertising rules.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 14, 2017
Cathay Bank's $507 million retail brokerage business returning to Cetera

Bank had left Cetera when its parent company, RCS Capital, filed for bankruptcy.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 13, 2017
Advisor Group broker-dealer gets new CEO

Derek Burke replacing Jerry Murphy as president of firm.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 13, 2017
It's been a good year for publicly traded brokerage firms — but not all

Shares of LPL, Raymond James and Ameriprise are among those outperforming their benchmark, while Oppenheimer Holdings is down by double digits.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 13, 2017
Finra bars recently fired UBS Miami broker

Lorenzo C. Esteva was fired earlier this summer for giving clients documents with false account information.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 12, 2017
Jailed broker Mark David Holt loses $477,000 Finra arbitration

The case is the latest setback for Mr. Holt, a former attorney who has been disbarred, thrown out of the securities industry and is currently serving a 10-year prison term.