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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Ex-head of real estate trade group said she bilked investors
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 24, 2012
Ex-head of real estate trade group said she bilked investors

Renee Marie Brown faces 20 years in prison for hawking bogus bond fund

Former LPL rep sold TICs with 'tricks': Lawyer
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 24, 2012
Former LPL rep sold TICs with 'tricks': Lawyer

Elderly couple awarded $1.4M for claim over tenant-in-common exchanges; were seeking $8M

NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 22, 2012
LPL realigns management

LPL on a recruiting roll — but at a price
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 19, 2012
LPL on a recruiting roll — but at a price

Hiring expenses rose as indie B-D attracted 408 net new advisers in past year; 'elevating our expectation'

Behind the management shake-up at LPL
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 19, 2012
Behind the management shake-up at LPL

Mark Casady reveals reasons for recent changes at indie B-D

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 18, 2012
Ex-LPL rep gets long spell in prison

NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 18, 2012
LPL isn't only B-D that hits brokers with an affiliation fee

LPL Financial LLC isn't alone in charging registered representatives and financial advisers a flat fee for doing business with the firm

1,600 Woodbury reps await fate after Hartford purge
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2012
1,600 Woodbury reps await fate after Hartford purge

The dramatic reorganization at The Hartford leaves 1,600 reps at Woodbury Financial with a very uncertain future | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20120321/FREE/120329977>Exit from the annuity business a shocker to advisers &amp;raquo;</a>

Pacific West Securities ordered to pony up $2.1M over TICs
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2012
Pacific West Securities ordered to pony up $2.1M over TICs

A Finra arbitration panel has awarded a couple $2.1M over unsuitable tenant-in-common exchange investments

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2012
DeWaay facing bankruptcy because of DBSI lawsuits

B-D asks judge for temporary injunction to halt arbitration claims filed with Finra; 'Sword of Damocles'