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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ALTERNATIVES JUN 10, 2013
Thompson REIT fires accountant for failure to report key events

CEO Tony Thompson's reliability called into question for second time this month.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 10, 2013
Real estate maven Thompson in battle with his board over nontraded REIT's dividend

Tony Thompson blames a dividend cut at his nontraded REIT, TNP Strategic Retail Trust, on his independent board but the directors fire right back, calling his allegations false. Bruce Kelly has the latest.

RIA NEWS JUN 09, 2013
B-D chief in $1.5M settlement with SEC over claims of misleading comp disclosure

Head of Commonwealth Capital Securities reaches $1.5M settlement with the SEC over claims of misleading compensation disclosure. And this comes five months after a Finra complaint over misuse of investor cash.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 09, 2013
Finra panel sets $18.5 million award against defunct B-D

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 09, 2013
B-Ds pay $5.25M to settle charges

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 05, 2013
Job cuts at Advisor Group

Advisor Group, the IBD owned by AIG, laid off employees this week. Sources outside the company said the lion's share of the layoffs came from Woodbury Financial Services.

RIA NEWS JUN 02, 2013
Aperio Group

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2013
As MetLife cuts, adviser ranks are thinning out fast

Insurer has axed 2,500 reps in the past year.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 02, 2013
American Realty strikes $2.2B deal for a traded REIT

Property company's buying binge rolls on; rebuffed in March by Cole

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2013
Questions raised about Allied Beacon's financial health