Bruce Kelly

InvestmentNews

Bruce Kelly

Senior Columnist

26 years experience

Bruce's specialty topics

Legal and compliance Advisor compensation Alternative investments

Bruce is Senior Columnist for InvestmentNews, a leading publication for financial advisors and the wealth management industry.

An award-winning journalist, Bruce’s career at InvestmentNews began in 2000, two years after the launch of the newspaper. He has covered the brokerage industry ever since, focusing on financial advisors’ pay, the products they sell, and the firms on and off Wall Street where they work.

His reporting in the financial crisis 2008 and thereafter shed light on the many shortcomings of the financial advice industry, from weak regulation to the collapse of many broker-dealers.

Bruce writes an award-winning column, On Advice, and his daily breaking news reports give clarity and insight into what’s happening behind closed doors at the largest brokerage firms in the country.

Before becoming a journalist, Bruce taught middle school and high school English in Manhattan and Caracas, Venezuela, for a decade. He is the co-author of a 2010 book, “Financial Serial Killers,” and has two children.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I love covering the financial advice business. We write about financial advisors and how they care about clients' lifesavings - what is more important than that?”

Awards and recognition

  • 2 SABEW awards
  • Neal Award

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Co-author of "Financial Serial Killers"

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Drop in advisers at Wells Fargo continues but slows
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 14, 2022
Drop in advisers at Wells Fargo continues but slows

While the company hasn't staunched the bleeding of its financial advisers completely, the three months ending in December saw the rate of decline slow a bit, while the average revenue per adviser continued to increase.

Robert McCann back in the financial advice industry
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 13, 2022
Robert McCann back in the financial advice industry

The former UBS chief was named co-chair of recently rebranded NewEdge Capital Group.

Ex-adviser gets 2 1/2 years for stealing $600,000 from elderly client
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 12, 2022
Ex-adviser gets 2 1/2 years for stealing $600,000 from elderly client

Matthew Clason was registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors until 2016, when he moved his registration to LPL Financial.

RIA Summit Financial scoops up private bank's wealth management assets
RIA NEWS JAN 10, 2022
RIA Summit Financial scoops up private bank's wealth management assets

Fieldpoint Private will remain a private bank, and, as part of the new transaction, will offer its banking capabilities through the Summit adviser platform.

Seattle's Laird Norton in second merger since 2020
RIA NEWS JAN 10, 2022
Seattle's Laird Norton in second merger since 2020

The combination of Seattle-based Laird Norton and San Francisco-based Wetherby Asset Management creates a firm with $15 billion in client assets.

Merrill Lynch settles ski resort claims for $4.5 million
ALTERNATIVES JAN 07, 2022
Merrill Lynch settles ski resort claims for $4.5 million

The settlement stemmed from potential claims related to Merrill's "management and oversight" of brokerage accounts opened by the owner of Jay Peak, the failed Vermont ski resort.

Two B-Ds boost reserves for legal costs
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 06, 2022
Two B-Ds boost reserves for legal costs

National Securities Corp. and Calton & Associates Inc. reported increased expenses in light of potential legal costs.

The advice industry went to Fat City in 2021
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 06, 2022
The advice industry went to Fat City in 2021

Despite last year’s riot at the Capitol and a variety of lethal Covid-19 variants, the broad stock market roared, which is always good news for financial advisers and their firms.

Advisers to focus on staying home in 2022
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 04, 2022
Advisers to focus on staying home in 2022

Advisers like the autonomy of working from home and don’t want to have to go back to the office and wear a suit again.

Finra tags two firms with penalties due to mutual fund sales
ALTERNATIVES JAN 03, 2022
Finra tags two firms with penalties due to mutual fund sales

Emerson Equity and Triad Advisors reached end-of-the-year settlements related to complaints about poor supervision of certain mutual fund sales.