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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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 18, 2010
Securities America advisers caught in the private-placement crossfire

Last week, Securities America Inc. was tagged with a lawsuit from Massachusetts regulators alleging that the firm misled investors who were sold high-risk private placements.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 18, 2010
Dykstra down on strikes

Suspected shooter in attack on Dallas financial advisers dies
RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Suspected shooter in attack on Dallas financial advisers dies

Robert Mustard was thought to be the person who assaulted a father and son team of reps on Monday. The former client was said to be 'unhappy over some business dealings.'

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 10, 2010
FSC Securities sued by former branch manager after alleged buyout attempt

A former branch manager who headed one of the largest groups of reps at FSC Securities Corp. is suing the broker-dealer after what he claims was a thwarted and contentious attempt to buy the business from parent AIG Advisor Group earlier last year.

RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Two top financial advisers flee AIG's Royal Alliance

Two long-established advisers have left Royal Alliance Associates Inc., one of the broker-dealers in the AIG Advisor Group, citing mistrust of management after AIG's top executive elected to hold onto — rather than sell — the broker-dealer network.

RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2010
AIG Advisor Group is cutting 62 back-office jobs

The AIG Advisor Group Inc. said last week it is making more widespread changes by cutting staff and consolidating operations among the back offices of its three broker-dealers.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 10, 2010
Ex-AIG adviser who practiced voodoo on victims gets 12 years for fraud

A Tennessee representative formerly affiliated with AIG Financial Advisors Inc. spent time making voodoo dolls of his victims to ward off their damaging testimony, prosecutors said.

RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Bonus plan stirs pot at AIG's adviser unit

AIG Advisor Group Inc.'s move to dole out retention bonuses to assuage the 6,000 or so brokers who have remained loyal through the tumult of the past year appears to be too little, too late, or simply too binding for some advisers.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 08, 2010
'Disrespected' Regal Financial bolts from AIG's SagePoint

In a huge blow to SagePoint Financial Inc., one of three broker-dealers that make up the AIG Advisor Group Inc., its largest branch of reps and advisers is walking out the door following a bitter dispute over the latter's role and future at SagePoint.

RIA NEWS MAR 07, 2010
Schwab ordered by Finra to pay ex-employee $1.8M

The self regulatory organization ruled that Schwab's human resources group committed “gross negligence, and contributed to the damages suffered” by a former employee who claimed the brokerage had made defamatory comments on his termination notice.