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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LPL reels in $500 million team from Lincoln Financial Advisors
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 23, 2021
LPL reels in $500 million team from Lincoln Financial Advisors

Clearview Wealth Partners is led by managing partners and co-founders Bill Roland and Jim Westermeyer. The team is aligned with The Financial Services Network, an existing LPL large enterprise.

Big questions out there for Advisor Group
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 22, 2021
Big questions out there for Advisor Group

Advisor Group last week lost a star financial adviser, Kevin Myeroff. That's always a delicate time for a broker-dealer network.

Kestra, Cetera report solid recruiting in third quarter
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 19, 2021
Kestra, Cetera report solid recruiting in third quarter

Kestra Financial added advisers with $2.3 billion in assets under management during the third quarter, while Cetera Financial Group recruited advisers with $2.4 billion in assets.

Want your RIA to grow? Put people first
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 18, 2021
Want your RIA to grow? Put people first

When advisers are looking for growth, they should embrace those 'touchy-feely' conversations some may not value, say panelists at the Women Adviser Summit.

Bonuses booming this year on Wall Street
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 16, 2021
Bonuses booming this year on Wall Street

Financial advisers typically don't receive end-of-the-year bonuses. But that doesn't mean others in the broader financial services industry won't see a bumper year.

LPL nabs $745 million Wells Fargo Advisors team
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2021
LPL nabs $745 million Wells Fargo Advisors team

Winget Benton Wealth Management is comprised of advisers Al Winget, Rob Benton and Andrew Robson. The advisers are moving to LPL's recently launched employee adviser channel.

More brokers in hot water over bad Covid-19 loans
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 12, 2021
More brokers in hot water over bad Covid-19 loans

Finra said at the start of the year it was looking into possible violations by registered representatives who applied for coronavirus-relief loans.

Yieldstreet opens art fund
ALTERNATIVES NOV 12, 2021
Yieldstreet opens art fund

The alternative investments platform has funded more than $2.4 billion in investments across a range of asset classes since its founding in 2015.

UK crypto trader Nexo buys piece of Brooklyn B-D
ALTERNATIVES NOV 10, 2021
UK crypto trader Nexo buys piece of Brooklyn B-D

The terms of Nexo's deal for a stake in Texture Capital Holdings were not disclosed.

J.P. Morgan opens remote adviser business
RIA NEWS NOV 10, 2021
J.P. Morgan opens remote adviser business

The new registered investment adviser unit, J.P. Morgan Personal Advisors, operates under the roof of J.P. Morgan Wealth Management and will launch broadly next year.