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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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2019
Captrust strikes again, buys $1.5 billion RIA

Boston Advisors sells its financial advisory business to the big-time buyer of RIAs.

Taking a lump-sum pension payment? Watch out for bad boy brokers
RIA NEWS OCT 08, 2019
Taking a lump-sum pension payment? Watch out for bad boy brokers

A pension buyout comes with risks.

RIA NEWS OCT 08, 2019
Taking a lump-sum pension payment? Watch out for bad boy brokers

A pension buyout comes with risks.

ARCP class action investors get 50 cents on the dollar: Attorneys
RIA NEWS OCT 07, 2019
ARCP class action investors get 50 cents on the dollar: Attorneys

Investors in such large class action claims typically see pennies on the dollar.

LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers
RIA NEWS OCT 03, 2019
LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers

LPL's haul includes two groups from FSC Securities and almost $1.5 billion in client assets.

Commonwealth Financial fires back at SEC charges of conflicts of interest
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 03, 2019
Commonwealth Financial fires back at SEC charges of conflicts of interest

Firm says clients were not deceived by alleged conflicts over revenue-sharing

LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers
RIA NEWS OCT 03, 2019
LPL reels in three teams from Advisor Group broker-dealers

LPL's haul includes two groups from FSC Securities and almost $1.5 billion in client assets.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 03, 2019
Commonwealth Financial fires back at SEC charges of conflicts of interest

Firm says clients were not deceived by alleged conflicts over revenue-sharing

Ex-LPL broker arrested, charged with running Ponzi scheme
RIA NEWS OCT 02, 2019
Ex-LPL broker arrested, charged with running Ponzi scheme

James T. Booth defrauded 40 clients of $5 million, Feds allege.

Zero commission fight could pressure wirehouse earnings
RIA NEWS OCT 02, 2019
Zero commission fight could pressure wirehouse earnings

If they follow lead of Schwab and others, profits could get dinged, according to one analyst.

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