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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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 06, 2012
Ex-LPL rep gets long spell in prison for defrauding longtime customers

Kravitz took funds out of clients' accounts, put the cash in his own account; sentenced to 41 months in jail

Uncle Stan must pay Uncle Sam a whopping $10M fine
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 05, 2012
Uncle Stan must pay Uncle Sam a whopping $10M fine

Federal judge hits founder of Brookstreet with huge penalty for hawking risky securities to retirees; defunct firm once had 500 reps

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 04, 2012
Ex-real estate group head guilty of fraud

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 04, 2012
Ex-GunnAllen boss sets sights on small B-Ds

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 04, 2012
Broker charged with fraud in MedCap sales

NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 28, 2012
'Wall Street' sequel taps brokerage executive to bring '80s back to life

The door from the trading floor to the chief executive's office opens, and before it can close, the voice of a broker working the phones is heard, using a line that could have been lifted from the Shearson Lehman playbook of the go-go 1980s.

MedCap co-founder faces tax evasion charges
NEWS RIAS FEB 27, 2012
MedCap co-founder faces tax evasion charges

One of the founders of Medical Capital Holdings Inc., the issuer of tainted private placements that have devastated dozens of broker-dealers, faces five counts of failing to file a federal income tax return.

American Realty again tries to take control of real estate investment trust
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 21, 2012
American Realty again tries to take control of real estate investment trust

American Realty Capital has fired a second salvo in a hostile takeover bid for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust that is in flux.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 21, 2012
Storm clouds brew over Grubb & Ellis

Value of popular nontraded REIT hammered
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 16, 2012
Value of popular nontraded REIT hammered

Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I down 46% from a year ago; portfolio includes 99% leased portfolio in central Europe