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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RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2012
So how much did First Allied go for?

Recent filing would seem to indicate acquirer paid at least $43M for the indie B-D

SEC upping the ante with new, more sophisticated technology: Schapiro
FINTECH MAR 08, 2012
SEC upping the ante with new, more sophisticated technology: Schapiro

The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to beef up and streamline its technology, adding new systems to track and catch fraudsters and other financial miscreants.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 08, 2012
LPL is gunning for hotshot reps

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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

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

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 04, 2012
Broker charged with fraud in MedCap sales

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

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
RIA NEWS 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.