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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Jim Hays stepping down as head of Wells Fargo Advisors
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2022
Jim Hays stepping down as head of Wells Fargo Advisors

After 35 years in the industry, Hays is retiring. He'll be replaced by Sol Gindi, who will also head the Wealth & Investment Management client relationship group.

SEC bars Michigan adviser who stole $314,000 from elderly client
NEWS RIAS MAY 13, 2022
SEC bars Michigan adviser who stole $314,000 from elderly client

Steven F. Muntin, 57, had his own independent RIA, Executive Asset Management Inc., which had $26 million in client assets, according to the SEC.

2022 is 'slower year' for RIA M&A: CI Financial's MacAlpine
NEWS RIAS MAY 12, 2022
2022 is 'slower year' for RIA M&A: CI Financial's MacAlpine

'We’ve absolutely slowed down the pace of the acquisitions,' the CEO said Thursday morning on CI Financial's first-quarter earnings call.

Broker picked wrong time to boost bet on GWG bonds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2022
Broker picked wrong time to boost bet on GWG bonds

Broker-dealers kept selling GWG's life settlement-backed bonds for years despite all the accounting and reporting static coming from the company.

N.J. adviser charged with posing as police officer in botched robbery
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 10, 2022
N.J. adviser charged with posing as police officer in botched robbery

Anthony Naso and an accomplice identified themselves as law enforcement and wore police-style badges during an attempted robbery in 2020, according to police.

UBS loses $3.9 million claim linked to YES options strategy
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2022
UBS loses $3.9 million claim linked to YES options strategy

A Finra arbitration panel ordered UBS to pay the clients $2.9 million in compensatory damages and $966,000 in attorneys' fees.

Avantax boosts recruiting bonus to add advisers
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 06, 2022
Avantax boosts recruiting bonus to add advisers

Providing hefty bonuses to recruit financial advisers is like a sugar rush: sweet at first but it comes with a downside.

Rudy Adolf discusses Ukraine invasion on Focus earnings call
NEWS RIAS MAY 05, 2022
Rudy Adolf discusses Ukraine invasion on Focus earnings call

The Focus Financial CEO kicked off the firm's first-quarter earnings call by talking about Ukraine, which is the type of topic heads of U.S.-based financial services firms typically avoid.

Buffett's jabs at finance lack relevance, readers say
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2022
Buffett's jabs at finance lack relevance, readers say

Eighty-one percent of InvestmentNews readers responding to a poll conducted on Twitter and LinkedIn said the Oracle of Omaha's bromides were 'not relevant to me' or 'entirely irrelevant.'

Buffett and Munger take shots at Wall Street, brokers and Bitcoin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 03, 2022
Buffett and Munger take shots at Wall Street, brokers and Bitcoin

The two famed investors commented over the weekend on the investment fervor and speculation seen during the pandemic.