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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Independent broker-dealers fastest-growing brokerage group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 28, 2018
Independent broker-dealers fastest-growing brokerage group

IBDs registered a five-year compound annual growth rate in assets of 11%, almost double that of wirehouses, Cerulli reports.

Finra bars another broker who sold $10.8 million of Woodbridge Ponzi
RIA NEWS NOV 27, 2018
Finra bars another broker who sold $10.8 million of Woodbridge Ponzi

The broker, Frank Dietrich, earned $261,000 in commissions from the sales.

Baird and Hilliard Lyons, two established regional firms, to merge
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 27, 2018
Baird and Hilliard Lyons, two established regional firms, to merge

Combined, the new firm will have 1,270 advisers and $260 billion in assets.

Finra suspends former UBS broker who traded excessively in elderly clients' accounts
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 26, 2018
Finra suspends former UBS broker who traded excessively in elderly clients' accounts

The broker, David Fagenson, racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions from the trades.

Former N.J. broker gets prison time for $3.1 million fraud
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 21, 2018
Former N.J. broker gets prison time for $3.1 million fraud

Scott Newsholme sentenced to 8 1/2 years in jail for long-running scheme.

Finra bars ex-LPL broker who controlled customer accounts
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 20, 2018
Finra bars ex-LPL broker who controlled customer accounts

Cheryl Ann Stallings allegedly violated LPL's policy regarding fiduciary capacities.

As it works to pull off a merger, FS Investments admits shortcomings
ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2018
As it works to pull off a merger, FS Investments admits shortcomings

Management makes public statements about weaknesses at company's funds.

Fortress Biotech selling its majority stake in National Holdings
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 19, 2018
Fortress Biotech selling its majority stake in National Holdings

B. Riley Financial will own 49% of the shares of the broker-dealer, which has 700 independent reps and advisers

Finra bars ex-Wells Fargo Advisors broker who just lost arbitration over loan
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 16, 2018
Finra bars ex-Wells Fargo Advisors broker who just lost arbitration over loan

Terrence R. Puricelli was fired in 2016 over concerns of the accuracy of notes in the firm's system.

Waddell & Reed will no longer lease office space for many of its brokers
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 14, 2018
Waddell & Reed will no longer lease office space for many of its brokers

Firm is boosting adviser payout to compensate for increased office expenses and investing savings in enahcements such as new technology.