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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RIA NEWS MAY 09, 2018
Arthur Grant looks back on 33 years at the helm of Cadaret Grant

In a business increasingly difficult for individual business owners, Mr. Grant built the independent broker-dealer into one of the more successful firms in the industry.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2018
Cetera Financial Group snags another senior LPL executive

Firm hires Michael Murray, a recruiter at LPL, as its head of business development.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 07, 2018
Utah moves to fine Cetera, LPL and CUSO over credit union violations

Utah moves to charge Cetera, LPL and CUSO over failing to represent credit union relationships correctly.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 03, 2018
Sanctioned Ponzi scheme salesmen keep shilling planning, advice

Two Colorado insurance agents who sold the Woodbridge real estate scheme continue to market themselves as retirement planners

RIA NEWS MAY 03, 2018
LPL hits target for attracting NPH assets

Independent broker-dealer says it has added $70.2 billion in net new assets as a result of the acquisition.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 02, 2018
LPL agrees to $26 million settlement with states over unregistered securities

Firm will also buy back securities from investors, plus pay them 3% annual interest.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2018
Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski blasts firms that try to restrict broker movement

He says leaving the broker protocol agreement is not a good thing and that firms shouldn't be going to court to prevent 'client choice.'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 30, 2018
Will LPL's new rich recruiting deal lure advisers?

The nation's largest independent broker-dealer is offering recruits a percentage of AUM to come on board, an offer one recruiter called 'the best deal that's out there.'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2018
Raymond James, on a recruiting roll, looks for an acquisition in the West

CEO says its acquisition of Alex. Brown has helped the firm recruit advisers with wealthy clients, but that it hasn't found a similar company to buy on the West Coast.

RIA NEWS APR 26, 2018
LPL announces another round of price cuts at its corporate RIA

The move, in line with other price reductions at the broker-dealer, could help LPL attract advisers.