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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Finra's REIT rule to raise transparency on prices takes effect
ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2016
Finra's REIT rule to raise transparency on prices takes effect

New reg mandates changes to customer account statements that better reflect true value of nontraded REITs.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2016
Raising the bar for nontraded REITs

Independent broker-dealers face a series of hurdles as they try to revive flagging REIT sales.

Schorsch and ARCP/Vereit in legal fight for millions
ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2016
Schorsch and ARCP/Vereit in legal fight for millions

Vereit, formerly ARCP, received a request to redeem millions worth of “operating partnership” units from affiliates of its former manager run by Mr. Schorsch.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 13, 2016
The LPL stock buyback that launched a lawsuit

Chairman and CEO Mark Casady downplays the timing and execution of 4.3 million share buyback

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 10, 2016
Kevin Beard, head of recruiting at AIG Advisor Group, resigns

His departure comes more than two months after AIG announced the sale of AIG Advisor Group to Lightyear Capital and PSP Investments.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 10, 2016
Stifel's purchase of Sterne Agee likely not its last in the broker-dealer space

The acquisition signals Stifel's interest in growing its wealth management business, though future deals depend on what's available — and at what price, according to CEO Ron Kruszewski.

RCAP files for bankruptcy; Cetera to emerge as independent company
RIA NEWS MAY 02, 2016
RCAP files for bankruptcy; Cetera to emerge as independent company

RCS Capital Corp. said it planned to file for bankruptcy by the end of the month. The current chief executive of RCAP, Larry Roth, will remain the CEO of the new Cetera.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 28, 2016
LPL reports paltry adviser gains in 2015

Revenue from commissions declined in the fourth quarter, as it has across the brokerage industry.

Galvin widens investigation into alleged RCS proxy fraud
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2016
Galvin widens investigation into alleged RCS proxy fraud

Massachusetts securities division examining independent broker-dealers that sold RCS alternative investments such as nontraded REITs.

New broker-dealer hires Realty Capital wholesalers to push into REIT market
ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2016
New broker-dealer hires Realty Capital wholesalers to push into REIT market

It is the second large group of wholesalers to migrate to another firm en masse from the defunct Realty Capital Securities, a unit of RCS Capital Corp.