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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LPL hires senior exec from MarketCounsel with extensive knowledge of breakaway brokers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 14, 2018
LPL hires senior exec from MarketCounsel with extensive knowledge of breakaway brokers

Marc Cohen, formerly COO at the business and compliance consulting firm, joins the IBD in a business development role.

Wells Fargo Advisors 2019 comp plan sees little change
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 13, 2018
Wells Fargo Advisors 2019 comp plan sees little change

But lowest-producing advisers face a pinch in pay.

Despite broker protocol mess, advisers still thinking about leaving Wall Street: Schwab study
WIREHOUSES DEC 12, 2018
Despite broker protocol mess, advisers still thinking about leaving Wall Street: Schwab study

Just 16% of advisers surveyed see the withdrawals from the broker protocol slowing adviser moves.

San Francisco advisers cheated low-income housing: City attorney
RIA NEWS DEC 11, 2018
San Francisco advisers cheated low-income housing: City attorney

The married couple, Caroline Novak and Igor Lotsvin, run Sage Rhino Capital, an RIA.

Ex-Securities America broker suspended for hidden options trades that hurt client
ALTERNATIVES DEC 11, 2018
Ex-Securities America broker suspended for hidden options trades that hurt client

The broker recommended that a customer open an account away from Securities America.

Ex-broker pleads guilty to 18-year Ponzi scheme, costing elderly investors $9 million
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2018
Ex-broker pleads guilty to 18-year Ponzi scheme, costing elderly investors $9 million

Steven Pagartanis solicited elderly victims to invest in real estate, a Canadian company and an international hotel conglomerate.

Wentworth Management Services buys World Equity Group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 07, 2018
Wentworth Management Services buys World Equity Group

World Equity has close to 180 brokers and nearly $40 million in annual revenue.

UBS buckles under uproar from brokers over non-solicit agreements
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 05, 2018
UBS buckles under uproar from brokers over non-solicit agreements

The firm's shift in policy this week puts spotlight on the fight over who controls the client.

Morgan Stanley pays $1 million to settle churning claims by ex-broker's clients
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 03, 2018
Morgan Stanley pays $1 million to settle churning claims by ex-broker's clients

New Hampshire regulators find former broker Justin Amaral traded excessively in three clients' accounts

Real estate investment firm Direct Source Wealth under investigation in Indiana
ALTERNATIVES NOV 29, 2018
Real estate investment firm Direct Source Wealth under investigation in Indiana

Firm is raising millions without state or federal filings.