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.
When Dain Rauscher Inc. bought Minneapolis neighbor Wessels Arnold & Henderson LLC four years ago, it thought it also was snagging all the top executives of the investment bank, known for its technology deals.