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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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
Apple REIT Six OKs merger with Blackstone fund

Liquidity party kicks off for shareholders; Chambers Street Properties up next with planned IPO.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2013
National Planning latest to cut sales of an American Realty Capital REIT

Another B-D is cutting sales of a fast-selling American Realty Capital REIT. This time, it's not about overconcentration.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 08, 2013
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $105M to end MedCap suit

Investor recovery pool for failed private placements balloons by $105 million. Bruce Kelly has the details.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2013
Bank of NY Mellon to pay $114M in private-placement settlement

Bank of NY Mellon will pay $114M to settle charges stemming from Medical Capital's fraudulent Reg D offering. The cash will go toward helping investors recoup money they lost when the notes tanked.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 08, 2013
Reg D scare fading, but MedCap sales still haunt a broker-dealer

Hantz Financial could face class action complaint; 'don't get a do-over'

NEWS RIAS AUG 07, 2013
Carson acquires $218M AUM hybrid

Carson Wealth Management acquired a hybrid advisory firm today and plans to buy a bunch more--up to eight--by the end of the year. What's CEO Ron Carson up to? Bruce Kelly has the story.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Nontraded REIT gets cease-and-desist order from Ohio

Regulators in Ohio have issued a cease-and-desist order against a nontraded REIT for pricing shenanigans. Bruce Kelly reports.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Former CFO of a Thompson REIT slapped for weak due diligence

Actions compromised independence of embattled broker-dealer, TNP Securities, Finra says.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2013
W.P. Carey joins nontraded-REIT-liquidity conga line

W.P. Carey is the latest nontraded REIT to join in the liquidity event frenzy, the sixth such REIT so far in 2013. The merger deal, if approved by shareholders, could mean a big premium.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2013
Securities America ends sales of a Schorsch REIT

Securities America, citing risk of overconcentration, ends sales of one of REIT maven Nicholas Schorsch's biggest-selling funds.