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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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Looking back

Thomas James readily admits that his impending departure from Raymond James Financial Inc., whose roots go back to a firm founded by his father in 1962, is bittersweet.

HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme

Investors claim Curtis Lyman sold them promissory notes in a feeder fund for $1.4B scam

Data theft once again puts LPL clients at risk
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
Data theft once again puts LPL clients at risk

In a security snafu, an unencrypted storage device was apparently stolen from a rep's car.

Four NYC reps sue LPL for discrimination
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 20, 2010
Four NYC reps sue LPL for discrimination

Firm sued by four reps for ethnic slurs allegedly made by a sales manager

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.