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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RIA NEWS JUL 31, 2013
Stand-alone reps at LPL stand to see big fee hike

LPL is putting an end to do-it-yourself compliance at one-person shops. The sitting down on stand-alones comes with a price, too: Small shops will be forced to pay higher fees in 2015.

RIA NEWS JUL 30, 2013
Advice and wealth management power Ameriprise 2Q

Two units &#8212; advice and wealth management &#8212; powered Ameriprise's second quarter results. <i>Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130724/FREE/130729960&quot;>What happened to Raymond James in the quarter?</a></i>

ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2013
Berthel Fisher sued over failed Thompson deal

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2013
LPL right to eliminate 'self-supervision'

Beginning in 2015, firm to charge its reps for outside supervision.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2013
Carson acquires $218M AUM hybrid

Plans to complete up to eight such deals this year.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2013
Troubles mount as Tony Thompson's nontraded REIT halts dividends

TNP Strategic Retail Trust cites loan compliance issues with lenders.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 25, 2013
Finra panel sets $18.5 million award against defunct B-D

Action related to Provident Royalties, found to be a Ponzi scheme.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 24, 2013
Five IBDs in $7M settlement over nontraded-REIT sales

Ameriprise and four other IBDs agreed to pay fines and restitution in a deal with Massachusetts securities cop William Galvin. The state's action is the latest in a series of crackdowns on the sale of nontraded REITs.

RIA NEWS JUL 24, 2013
Relationship between Wall Street and independents grows

Big guns making inroads but it's not an easy task as winning trust is key to the holy grail.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 23, 2013
Interest rate spike boosts fortunes of broker-dealers

Citi analyst upgrades Schwab to buy, boosts price targets for LPL, TD Ameritrade.