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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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 19, 2014
Finra kicks out broker-dealer, bars CEO for Ponzi scheme that snared pro athletes

Finra has barred a broker-dealer and its founder for allegedly defrauding a number of current and former NFL and NBA players out of nearly $14 million as part of a Ponzi scheme

ALTERNATIVES NOV 17, 2014
RCAP confirms regulatory inquiries

SEC, Finra and state securities agencies have been in contact with the Schorsch firm after a $23M <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029902/nicholas-schorsch-downplays-arcps-23m-accounting-debacle&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>accounting error was revealed</a> at a sister company. RCAP also confirms Massachusetts investigation.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 16, 2014
Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital could be facing major changes

RCAP may remake itself to boost value with stock down 39% since late October

ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2014
With stock off sharply, Schorsch's RCS Capital says 'We're not ARCP'

Both companies controlled by the REIT czar but broker-dealer not involved in accounting trouble at American Realty Capital Properties.

RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 12, 2014
ARCP delays third-quarter earnings report

American Realty Capital Properties wins approval from creditors for postponement of reporting its third-quarter financial statements until Jan. 5.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 12, 2014
Broker-dealers slap a stop order on Nicholas Schorsch's REITs

B-Ds halting sales of Schorsch's REITs include some of the largest and most influential in the industry

FINTECH NOV 11, 2014
LPL advisers' commissions land in their bank accounts one day late

As processing error delays commissions by a day, president Robert Moore moves to reassure advisers.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Good work: Finra employees make double industry pay

The average compensation for Finra's 3,400 employees last year was nearly double that of the average worker on Wall Street. Bruce Kelly takes a look at the numbers. <i>Plus:</i> <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20140620/FREE/140629985&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Finra trims operating loss but comp costs climb</a>

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.

INDEPENDENT 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.