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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ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
Untangling Nicholas Schorsch's vast web of businesses

The REIT czar's empire is broken down in this "simple" visual covering all entities under his purview

RIA NEWS SEP 22, 2014
Ladenburg Thalmann completes acquisition of Securities Service Network

$45 million deal brings burgeoning IBD network to nearly 4,000 reps.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 22, 2014
Nontraded REITs stack up well compared with traded REITs

First-time study recognizes growth in industry and also levels criticism.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
LPL losing another top member of investment management team

Scott Welch, co-founder and CIO of Fortigent, is latest to leave.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Integration of Schorsch BD empire gets underway

By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 11, 2014
Feuding partners jeopardize real estate firm's future

The owners of Gemini Real Estate Advisors have dueling claims against each other.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 09, 2014
Wunderlich acquires wealth management assets of Dominick & Dominick

The transaction follows several similar deals in recent months, and the trend is likely to continue.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 21, 2014
Tony Thompson barred from securities industry

The regulator said he misrepresented $50 million private offering that later went into default

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 21, 2014
Lawyers for Tony Thompson want out

The law firm, which is representing the real estate investor in a number of cases, cites a breakdown in communication and failure to pay legal fees.