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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Hangar stake: Investment nightmare not over yet for NFL player
RIA NEWS NOV 02, 2010
Hangar stake: Investment nightmare not over yet for NFL player

Warrant issued for man who allegedly steered Chargers' Buster Davis into airplane hangar investments

Finra slaps Next Financial with $400K fine
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 01, 2010
Finra slaps Next Financial with $400K fine

Next Financial Group Inc. has been hit with a significant regulatory action for the third time in three years, with Finra this month levying a $400,000 fine and $102,000 in restitution to clients.

RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2010
Anderson Strudwick picks up Jesup & Lamont reps

Anderson Strudwick Inc., a small, Richmond, Va.-based regional firm, continues to pick up offices and reps of troubled broker-dealers.

Regulators zero in on leveraged and inverse ETFs
ETFS OCT 26, 2010
Regulators zero in on leveraged and inverse ETFs

State security officials say they're ramping up oversight of leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds. The chief worry? Brokers themselves may not understand how the complex products actually work.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 26, 2010
Indie B-D recruitment slowing after torrid '09

Bob McCann vows to turn around UBS wealth business—and culture
RIA NEWS OCT 26, 2010
Bob McCann vows to turn around UBS wealth business—and culture

Robert McCann, the new chief executive of UBS Wealth Management Americas, took aim at the culture of the firm this morning, while praising its network of 7,300 financial advisers.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 25, 2010
Edelman's parent company hit with Wells notice

Sanders Morris Harris facing disciplinary action for alleged violations of securities laws; two ex-employees also named

RIA NEWS OCT 25, 2010
What's next for Securities America?

CEO Nagengast says firm sees 'a lot of opportunity' for growth; snagged a Next Financial team in August

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 25, 2010
LPL sees slide in number of reps

But indie B-D reports a hike in revenue and profits for the third quarter; 'solid results'

RIA NEWS OCT 24, 2010
Finra foe loses appeal of suspension

A broker-dealer executive and outspoken critic of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. lost his appeal of a Finra suspension for failing to supervise his staff adequately.