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 APR 15, 2010
Jeremy Shockey says ex-teammate ain't no saint, sues over alleged tax credit fraud

Kevin Houser played with the New Orleans Saints from 2000 to 2008. Now, his former teammate Jeremy Shockey — and others — claim the Securities America-affiliated rep ripped them off in an alleged tax scam.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2010
ING broker-dealers' leading suitor is Don Marron's Lightyear Capital

The former Paine Webber chairman, who went all-out in failed bid for AIG's B-Ds, is said to have considerable interest in three of the ING Advisors Network broker-dealers

NEWS RIAS APR 12, 2010
HighTower rep tied to $1.4B Ponzi scheme

A broker at HighTower Advisors LLC, the startup with the sterling pedigree, has been sued over the sale of private notes into a feeder fund for what turned out to be a massive Ponzi scheme.

SEC: Real estate trade group exec ran investment scam
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 07, 2010
SEC: Real estate trade group exec ran investment scam

Renee Brown is president of the Real Estate Securities Investment Association. She also co-founded a due diligence firm.This week, the SEC charged her with bilking investors

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 01, 2010
Merrill confirms hiring of Morgan Stanley exec

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management confirmed today that Jimmy Tighe, who left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney this week, has joined the firm.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 01, 2010
Smith Barney, Raymond James victorious in auction rate cases

Citi Smith Barney and Raymond James Financial Services Inc. have won major arbitration claims involving institutional and individual clients seeking tens of millions of dollars in restitution for the purchase of auction rate securities.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2010
State oversight of RIAs will breed more Ponzis, attorneys say

Ponzi scam artists will have greater freedom to flourish if state regulators are assigned expanded oversight of RIA firms, according to panelists at the Financial Services Institute Inc.'s annual conference last week.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 22, 2010
GunnAllen to be bought by Progressive Asset Management

Firm to be acquired by socially conscious investing shop; combined broker-dealers in top 30 of independent B-Ds

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 22, 2010
Embattled GunnAllen loses top-producing branch

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 22, 2010
Beleaguered Broker-Dealer GunnAllen loses top-producing branch

Embattled broker GunnAllen Financial Inc. has lost a top-producing branch — the broker-dealer's first major defection since the abrupt resignations in December of its holding company's chairman and chief financial officer.