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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Raymond James to make a run at advisers who custody with TD
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 07, 2020
Raymond James to make a run at advisers who custody with TD

Schwab’s Bernie Clark says the company expects to face “fierce competition” for small advisers

BDC sales tank in 2020 after product performs poorly
RIA NEWS FEB 05, 2020
BDC sales tank in 2020 after product performs poorly

Broker-dealers sold just $362.3 million in nontraded BDCs last year, the least since 2010, which was the year after the first product was launched, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc.

Wells Fargo to pony up $79 million in deferred compensation settlement with advisers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 04, 2020
Wells Fargo to pony up $79 million in deferred compensation settlement with advisers

Class action complaint alleges broker had been cheated out of deferred compensation

Financial advisers continued to bolt from Wall Street in 2019
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 31, 2020
Financial advisers continued to bolt from Wall Street in 2019

Independent broker-dealers and RIAs scored sizable net gains of advisers at Wall Street's expense

LPL to broaden recruiting reach in 2020
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 31, 2020
LPL to broaden recruiting reach in 2020

CEO Dan Arnold says the firm recruited advisers with $35 billion in AUM last year, a new annual high

As Voya Financial sells off insurance groups, attention turns to its broker-dealer
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 30, 2020
As Voya Financial sells off insurance groups, attention turns to its broker-dealer

Voya Financial Advisors faces questions about its future as parent restructures

Former adviser blames paperwork in fraud trial
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 29, 2020
Former adviser blames paperwork in fraud trial

Anthony Diaz faces fraud charges stemming from sales of REITs and annuities

Banned from selling securities but still hawking insurance
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 28, 2020
Banned from selling securities but still hawking insurance

Three salesmen barred for selling the Woodbridge Ponzi scheme still have state licenses to sell insurance

A new playbook for independent broker-dealer M&A
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 27, 2020
A new playbook for independent broker-dealer M&A

Everyone is up for sale at the right price – and private equity is buying

Finra bars broker who sold Future Income Payments Ponzi
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 24, 2020
Finra bars broker who sold Future Income Payments Ponzi

Kari Bracy was a no-show with Finra for its investigation into the matter