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.

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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee overhauls leadership after filing lawsuit against auditing firm KPMG

Regional brokerage Sterne Agee replaces CEO James Holbrook days after accusing its auditor KPMG of negligence. Bruce Kelly reports.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Schorsch to buy Validus Strategic Capital Partners, a broker-dealer of nontraded REITs and BDCs

REIT czar Nicholas Schorsch is keeping up his acquisition pace, agreeing to buy rival wholesaler Validus Strategic Capital Partners, a B-D of nontraded REITs and BDCs. Bruce Kelly has the story.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 03, 2014
LPL promotes two executives, does away with 'marketing'

Mimi Bock and Ryan Parker to get new responsibilities

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 24, 2014
SEC homing in on alternatives, Commonwealth CCO says

Live from the FSI OneVoice Broker-Dealer Conference: Exams do 'deep dive' on sale of products such as nontraded REITs, Commonwealth's Tolley says. <b><i> <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/video?playerType=Events&amp;bctid=3117749314001&amp;date=20140128&quot;>Check out a video interview with Dale Brown, where the organization's president and CEO offers his Finra wish list.</a> </b></i>

ALTERNATIVES JUN 23, 2014
ARCP shareholders reject Schorsch's executive compensation plan

Shareholders of Nicholas Schorsch's American Realty Capital Properties turned thumbs down on the eye-popping pay plan for Mr. Schorsch and other top execs. <i>(Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140602/FREE/140609999&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Schorsch sells a health care REIT</a>)</i>

RIA NEWS JUN 23, 2014
Schorsch REIT to sell shopping center portfolio to Blackstone

$1.975B sale will pay for land under 500 Red Lobster restaurants

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 23, 2014
Sterne Agee Group in deal to acquire midsize independent broker-dealer WRP Investments

Match 'made in heaven' says president of WRP, which has 350 reps and had $48 million in gross revenue in '13.

EQUITIES JUN 19, 2014
After large shareholder criticizes ARCP, Schorsch says REIT will slow down activity

Responding to a letter from an activist investor, Nicholas Schorsch says he will keep building the company but his acquisition pace will slow. <i>(And on Monday, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140602/FREE/140609990&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>ARCP shareholders rejected Schorsch's executive comp plan</a>)</i>

ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2014
Finra holds off sending nontraded REIT share price rule to SEC

Regulator still reviewing industry comments on rule to give investors better handle on share values.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 18, 2014
Nontraded REITs want delay in Finra's proposed disclosure rule

Nontraded REIT industry backs Finra's proposed disclosure rule but wants implementation pushed out to late 2015.