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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SEC slaps Lockwood with $200,000 fine over unseen trading costs to clients
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 14, 2018
SEC slaps Lockwood with $200,000 fine over unseen trading costs to clients

Clients were forced to pay fees in addition to the usual wrap charges, the regulator maintains.

REIT management gives no answers about disastrous share price
ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2018
REIT management gives no answers about disastrous share price

Listing of American Finance Trust Inc., the $1.6 billion REIT advised and managed by Nicholas Schorsch's AR Global, has erased almost $1 billion in equity value.

Unregistered advisers linked to latest alleged South Florida lending fraud
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 07, 2018
Unregistered advisers linked to latest alleged South Florida lending fraud

The SEC and U.S. Attorney's office are investigating an alleged loan fraud sold, at least in part, through a network of unregistered brokers and financial advisers.

Private equity chasing healthy returns at RIAs and broker-dealers
ALTERNATIVES AUG 02, 2018
Private equity chasing healthy returns at RIAs and broker-dealers

Looking to double their money in five years, P-E investors are attracted to the wealth management industry.

Whistleblower claims she was fired for raising red flags about broker-dealer's alternative investments
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 01, 2018
Whistleblower claims she was fired for raising red flags about broker-dealer's alternative investments

Ex-audit department employee says she brought concerns to Finra and then was let go days later.

Waddell & Reed continues to shed brokers, though productivity rises
RIA NEWS JUL 31, 2018
Waddell & Reed continues to shed brokers, though productivity rises

Adviser headcount was down 3.4% in second quarter, but productivity was up 35%.

Schorsch REIT listing a billion-dollar disaster for investors
ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2018
Schorsch REIT listing a billion-dollar disaster for investors

The share price of American Finance Trust Inc. has plunged since trading began on July 19, and advisers deserve answers.

Morgan Stanley unveils compensation plan changes for 2019
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 30, 2018
Morgan Stanley unveils compensation plan changes for 2019

The wirehouse's plan stresses pay incentives at the individual client level, such as for financial planning activity and net new assets.

LPL looks to cash in on in-house advisory assets
RIA NEWS JUL 27, 2018
LPL looks to cash in on in-house advisory assets

Broker-dealer is making concerted effort to shift assets from brokerage to advisory accounts and to keep them on its corporate advisory platform.

As adviser headcount rises at Raymond James, so does the cost of recruiting
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 26, 2018
As adviser headcount rises at Raymond James, so does the cost of recruiting

Broker-dealer adds 434 advisers in latest quarter, a 6% increase in its workforce, but business development expenses are up 45%.