Bruce Kelly

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.

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As Ladenburg Thalmann explores sale, one of its B-Ds is hit with GPB investor complaints
RIA NEWS NOV 08, 2019
As Ladenburg Thalmann explores sale, one of its B-Ds is hit with GPB investor complaints

A half-dozen clients of Triad Advisors filed arbitration claims last quarter totaling $1.65 million.

Focus Financial is "the only game in town" for RIA M&A, says CEO Rudy Adolf
RIA NEWS NOV 07, 2019
Focus Financial is "the only game in town" for RIA M&A, says CEO Rudy Adolf

Mr. Adolf likes what he sees at Focus, questions the strategy of competition

Lawsuit claims GPB a Ponzi, riven with conflicts and self-dealing
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 06, 2019
Lawsuit claims GPB a Ponzi, riven with conflicts and self-dealing

Attorneys say investment firm's returns to investors came from new investors, not from business operations

Merrill Lynch to sweeten the pot for retiring advisers who stick around
RIA NEWS NOV 06, 2019
Merrill Lynch to sweeten the pot for retiring advisers who stick around

Merrill to boost payment to advisers who commit in 2021 to 'client transition program.'

Unexpected ripples in Schwab aftershock
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2019
Unexpected ripples in Schwab aftershock

LPL Financial shares dipped 9.5% over that period.

Wife of barred broker helped him produce $6 million in commissions: Finra
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2019
Wife of barred broker helped him produce $6 million in commissions: Finra

Regulator suspends Kim Kopacka and an associate for enabling the securities business of Tim Kopacka.

Advisor Group, Cetera Financial seen as potential buyers of Ladenburg Thalmann
RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2019
Advisor Group, Cetera Financial seen as potential buyers of Ladenburg Thalmann

Ladenburg should command a price of at least $1 billion, based on its enterprise value.

Ladenburg Thalmann looking for a buyer
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2019
Ladenburg Thalmann looking for a buyer

But the network's 4,400 financial advisers are in the dark about the details

Colorado charges broker-dealer with failing to supervise reps working in South Carolina
RIA NEWS OCT 30, 2019
Colorado charges broker-dealer with failing to supervise reps working in South Carolina

Structured CDs at the center of Colorado's charges against Centaurus Financial, advisers.

RIA NEWS OCT 30, 2019
Ladenburg Thalmann looking for a buyer

But the network's 4,400 financial advisers are in the dark about details.