Bruce Kelly

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Bruce Kelly

Senior Columnist

26 years experience

Bruce's specialty topics

Legal and compliance Advisor compensation Alternative investments

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.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I love covering the financial advice business. We write about financial advisors and how they care about clients' lifesavings - what is more important than that?”

Awards and recognition

  • 2 SABEW awards
  • Neal Award

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Co-author of "Financial Serial Killers"

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LPL offers generous recruiting package to rivals at PE-owned broker-dealers
RIA NEWS SEP 26, 2018
LPL offers generous recruiting package to rivals at PE-owned broker-dealers

New deal takes direct aim at such rivals as Kestra Financial and Cetera Financial Group.

SEC bars Texas adviser for cheating more than 40 investors
RIA NEWS SEP 26, 2018
SEC bars Texas adviser for cheating more than 40 investors

The agency charged the adviser with lying to dozens of investors about returns.

Trump said 'you're fired' to this adviser on TV in 2005, then LPL fired him for real in 2018
RIA NEWS SEP 25, 2018
Trump said 'you're fired' to this adviser on TV in 2005, then LPL fired him for real in 2018

Louisville adviser Mark Lamkin was terminated by LPL, in part for failing to disclose outside business activities.

TD Ameritrade fined $500,000 for failing to report advisers' suspicious activities
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 24, 2018
TD Ameritrade fined $500,000 for failing to report advisers' suspicious activities

Activities cited include suspicious trading, questionable transfers, and potentially false and misleading statements.

Ladenburg chairman Phillip Frost steps down
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 21, 2018
Ladenburg chairman Phillip Frost steps down

The SEC charged Frost with fraud earlier this month.

LPL video about private equity looks like a swipe at Cetera
ALTERNATIVES SEP 21, 2018
LPL video about private equity looks like a swipe at Cetera

Recruiting video warns about potential consequences for advisers when a PE firm buys a broker-dealer.

Chairman should leave Ladenburg Thalmann
RIA NEWS SEP 20, 2018
Chairman should leave Ladenburg Thalmann

The risk to Ladenburg Thalmann's reputation is too great for Dr. Phillip Frost to continue his association with the brokerage.

Another veteran recruiter walks away from LPL
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 18, 2018
Another veteran recruiter walks away from LPL

David Symecko, a 16-year veteran, joins a growing list of recruiters who have left the broker-dealer.

No changes to compensation plan for UBS advisers in 2019
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 12, 2018
No changes to compensation plan for UBS advisers in 2019

Wirehouse continues to back away from linking non-solicitation agreements to adviser bonuses.

Ladenburg chairman charged with fraud by SEC in penny stock scheme
RIA NEWS SEP 10, 2018
Ladenburg chairman charged with fraud by SEC in penny stock scheme

Dr. Phillip Frost was among 10 individuals named in a lawsuit for participating in long-running schemes that generated over $27 million from unlawful stock sales and left investors holding virtually worthless stock, the SEC claims.