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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After setting up phony accounts, ex-Wells Fargo broker stole money
WIREHOUSES OCT 10, 2018
After setting up phony accounts, ex-Wells Fargo broker stole money

Finra bars Thomas A. Davis, who worked in Hilton Head Island, S.C., for Wells Fargo Bank.

In cases that could tarnish a broker's reputation, Finra must do better
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 09, 2018
In cases that could tarnish a broker's reputation, Finra must do better

Finra charged Stanley Niekras in 2016 with violating industry catch all Rule 2010, but couldn't produce testimony from key witnesses.

LPL reels in $275 million team from Securities America
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 09, 2018
LPL reels in $275 million team from Securities America

Colorado firm JBA Wealth Management moves to LPL.

Finra bars ex-Morgan Stanley broker Kevin Smith
WIREHOUSES OCT 08, 2018
Finra bars ex-Morgan Stanley broker Kevin Smith

Fired in 2016, Kevin Smith was barred Monday for not providing testimony in investigation.

Cetera Financial Group selling stock to its advisers
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 05, 2018
Cetera Financial Group selling stock to its advisers

New stock and business loan plans are part of a broader outreach to 8,000 advisers.

Unregistered South Carolina adviser get 6 years in prison for fraud
RIA NEWS OCT 04, 2018
Unregistered South Carolina adviser get 6 years in prison for fraud

Melvin Wimmer was also ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution to clients.

Discrimination claim filed by ex-Morgan Stanley rep sent to arbitration
WIREHOUSES OCT 04, 2018
Discrimination claim filed by ex-Morgan Stanley rep sent to arbitration

Judge rules that John Lockette was bound by a company policy requiring employees to arbitrate all claims.

Marie Chandoha, head of Charles Schwab Investment Management, to retire
RIA NEWS OCT 04, 2018
Marie Chandoha, head of Charles Schwab Investment Management, to retire

She is being replaced by Jonathan de St. Paer, currently a senior executive at the group.

Settlements at old Schorsch REIT could cost shareholders $730 million
ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2018
Settlements at old Schorsch REIT could cost shareholders $730 million

Accounting scandal from 2014 could wind up costing shareholders 75 cents per share, analyst says.

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. has been picking off Wells Fargo brokers for years
WIREHOUSES OCT 02, 2018
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. has been picking off Wells Fargo brokers for years

Many of them previously worked at A.G. Edwards, the firm founded by the great-great-grandfather of Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.'s CEO.