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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NEWS BROKER DEALERS JAN 15, 2014
Edward Jones makes unexpected leap into proprietary products

Edward Jones is launching a proprietary fund. The bigger question is why?

NEWS RIAS JAN 10, 2014
Schorsch snaps up Summit for $49M

Nicholas Schorsch and RCS Capital Corp. continue their blistering pace of broker-dealer acquisitions, announcing the acquisition of Summit Financial Services Group Inc. for $49 million in cash and stock.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 05, 2014
End of the line for Tommy Belesis' embattled brokerage

John Thomas Financial pulls its registration with Finra; downfall months in the making

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 27, 2013
As nontraded REIT sales sizzle, have firms learned from past mistakes?

IBDs are racking up a bonanza of commission dollars and marketing cash from the sale of alternative investments, namely nontraded REITs. <i>IN</i> senior columnist Bruce Kelly on whether the firms have learned from the sale of fraudulent private placements several years ago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 27, 2013
Out with the old, in with the new in nontraded REIT land

As the rules of the game change, some give up, others double down.

All's not well as Wells halts REIT offerings
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 27, 2013
All's not well as Wells halts REIT offerings

In a letter to B-D execs, Leo Wells said his real estate investment company has halted any further offerings. The reason? Lack of regulatory 'clarity.'

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 24, 2013
Is it time to rethink the price-earnings ratio?

Investment strategist James Paulsen of Wells Capital Management asks whether it is time for investors to shift their historic perceptions of the potential long-term performance of stocks in light of the past 25 years of performance.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 20, 2013
Seinfeld star's adviser Bambi Holzer sued by Finra over Provident deals

Adviser to the stars Bambi Holzer is facing the wrath of regulators for allegedly lying to one of her former firms when she sold preferred shares of Provident Royalties in 2008. Her BrokerCheck report is one for the ages.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2013
J.P. Turner must pay more than $700,000 in restitution to clients

Finra on Wednesday ordered midsize independent broker-dealer J.P Turner &amp; Co. to pay more than $700,000 in restitution to clients who complained about unsuitable sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds and excessive mutual fund switching by one registered representative.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2013
LPL Financial is hiking the cost of E&O insurance per rep by $200 in 2014