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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YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 07, 2014
What is a bond really worth?

Recent investigations of Pimco's Total Return Bond ETF and church bonds highlight the need to investigate an investment's truest price.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 05, 2014
RCAP sales slow down in wake of ARCP accounting fiasco

RCAP sales slow down in wake of ARCP accounting error, although the firm is optimistic activity will return as B-Ds resume selling its nontraded real estate investment trusts.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 05, 2014
Cambridge joins list of IBDs suspending sale of Schorsch REITs

Cambridge joins list of independent broker-dealers suspending sales of Cole REITs; firm says it is waiting for 'more clarity' before deciding next step.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2014
Nicholas Schorsch downplays ARCP's $23M accounting debacle

Execs replaced over what firm calls intentional errors; REIT king says problems will not affect other related firms. <i>(Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140917/INFOGRAPHIC/140919935&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Untangling Schorsch's vast web</a>)</i>

NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 05, 2014
Schorsch adds industry veteran Dwyer to RCAP's team

Former executive at LPL Financial will head up firm's nontraded REIT wholesaling and distribution unit.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 04, 2014
Figuring out Schorsch's latest deal – or how 1 + 1 = 3

<i>Bruce Kelly On Advice:</i> RCAP's acquisition of Cole Capital could pay dividends for Nick Schorsch's empire for years to come, though the transaction between two related companies raises questions.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 03, 2014
Two Schorsch companies at odds over $700M deal

RCS Capital seeks to pull out of a $700M deal to acquire two Cole companies from American Realty Capital Properties, which last week <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029902/nicholas-schorsch-downplays-arcps-23m-accounting-debacle&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">revealed a $23M accounting error</a>.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 31, 2014
National Planning Holdings puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales

After Nicholas Schorsch's giant traded REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029916&quot;>revealed a big accounting debacle</a>, one large broker-dealer network temporarily put a stop to sales of one of Mr. Schorsch's nontraded REITs.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Will missteps menace Schorsch's empire?

The revelation of accounting errors at Nick Schorsch's flagship REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, could not have come at a worse time. Here's why. <i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141030/FREE/141039985/national-planning-holdings-puts-kibosh-on-arc-nontraded-reit-sales&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>BD puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales</a>)</i>

NEWS BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2014
Selling away claims behind LPL's termination of James "Jeb" Bashaw

Selling away is just one of the allegations that felled James &#8220;Jeb&#8221; Bashaw, LPL's former Houston branch manager.