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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FINTECH MAR 05, 2018
LPL delays full rollout of new tech platform

Firm will delay shutdown of its legacy system amid advisers' concerns about readiness of new system.

WIREHOUSES MAR 02, 2018
Ex-Morgan Stanley, UBS advisers prevail in TRO claims

The key to whether exiting brokers can beat temporary restraining orders from wirehouses is how they handle client information.

WIREHOUSES MAR 01, 2018
Top Wells Fargo exec to advisers: 'Stay positive,' keep walking the 'noble path'

Weiss urges advisers to remain upbeat as news breaks of another potential scandal at the firm.

RIA NEWS FEB 27, 2018
Are LPL and Cetera Financial Group a potential match?

At least one analyst thinks so, noting that LPL has acknowledged that M&A is a good use of the company's capital.

FINTECH FEB 27, 2018
LPL's new broker platform clogs up late Tuesday

LPL advisers reported a slowdown in the company's new ClientWorks system that prevented some of them from making trades.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 26, 2018
LPL wraps up NPH adviser move, declines to say whether it reached revenue goal

LPL said earlier this month that it was on track to move over 70% of NPH's revenue.

RIA NEWS FEB 26, 2018
Cetera sale talk another distraction for advisers

Company emerged from bankruptcy less than two years ago; plans to brief advisers Tuesday afternoon

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 24, 2018
Broker protocol: Indecision over recruiting agreement is rampant

Ruckus over recruiting agreement has even wirehouse lifers wondering if it's time.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 22, 2018
J.P. Morgan adds more than $8 billion in client assets in fourth quarter

Raymond James, LPL Financial and RBC Wealth Management also saw strong net gains in recruiting during the quarter.

FINTECH FEB 22, 2018
Advisers bemoan LPL's technology platform change

Those in a private LinkedIn chat room were sounding off about fears the independent broker-dealer will require a move to ClientWorks before it is fully ready.