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 MAR 20, 2018
LPL expands securities-based loans through Goldman Sachs

Some clients using Goldman's program will be able to obtain a loan in days, instead of weeks.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 19, 2018
Ameriprise CEO took home $64.7 million in 2017

James Cracchiolo earned $23.9 million in direct compensation and cashed in $40.8 million in stock options; Wells Fargo's Tim Sloan got $17.4 million even as bank stuggled through more scandals.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2018
Senior Wells Fargo exec: No FBI interviews here

Memo denies Journal's claim that the FBI interviewed employees in the bank's wealth management group.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 15, 2018
UBS, after dumping the broker protocol, continues to see brokers come and go

The wirehouse has seen 14 individuals or teams leave and five join for a net loss of $2.4 billion in AUM

WIREHOUSES MAR 13, 2018
Merrill shakes up group that works with richest clients

Experts dealing with international and private banking clients will now form one team.

RIA NEWS MAR 13, 2018
Three LPL affiliates, including Botsford Financial, create $2.6 billion OSJ

The combined office, led by Merit Financial, will have 60 advisers concentrating on the retirement plan market and high-net-worth clients.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 09, 2018
UBS shrinks recruiting costs in 2017, boosts adviser pay

Both trends reflect the firm's shift away from recruiting in favor of increasing the compensation of existing brokers.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 08, 2018
Latest Wells Fargo flap underscores need for fiduciary standard

The bank's board is looking into inappropriate 401(k) rollovers, one of the problems the DOL rule aims to prevent

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 08, 2018
Finra bars broker who churned account of 93-year-old client with dementia

In a four-year-period, Mark Kaplan executed 3,500 trades that resulted in $723,000 in losses

FINTECH MAR 05, 2018
LPL delays full rollout of new tech platform

Firm will delay shutdown of its legacy system amid advisers' concerns about readiness of new system.