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 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.

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.

INDEPENDENT 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

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

RIA 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.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2010
John Sykes quits GunnAllen board, CFO walks

Questions surround the beleaguered firm after owner and chairman resigns.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 21, 2010
Open VA platform at Ameriprise may be less than open

Ameriprise Financial Inc.'s plan to open its brokerage platform to outside variable annuities falls short of the open architecture favored by other independent broker-dealers.

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.'