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"

Featured content from Bruce

It’s the age of risk, and the financial advice industry is blowing it Beneficient, GWG boss spent $59 million on home improvements during time of alleged fraud scheme Broker-dealers got more than $100 million from selling bankrupt Inspired Healthcare’s deals

Education

  • B.A., Rutgers College
  • M.S., Columbia Journalism School

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RIA NEWS FEB 27, 2018
Are LPL and Cetera Financial Group a potential match?

At least one analyst thinks so, noting that LPL has acknowledged that M&A is a good use of the company's capital.

FINTECH FEB 27, 2018
LPL's new broker platform clogs up late Tuesday

LPL advisers reported a slowdown in the company's new ClientWorks system that prevented some of them from making trades.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 26, 2018
LPL wraps up NPH adviser move, declines to say whether it reached revenue goal

LPL said earlier this month that it was on track to move over 70% of NPH's revenue.

RIA NEWS FEB 26, 2018
Cetera sale talk another distraction for advisers

Company emerged from bankruptcy less than two years ago; plans to brief advisers Tuesday afternoon

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 24, 2018
Broker protocol: Indecision over recruiting agreement is rampant

Ruckus over recruiting agreement has even wirehouse lifers wondering if it's time.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 22, 2018
J.P. Morgan adds more than $8 billion in client assets in fourth quarter

Raymond James, LPL Financial and RBC Wealth Management also saw strong net gains in recruiting during the quarter.

FINTECH FEB 22, 2018
Advisers bemoan LPL's technology platform change

Those in a private LinkedIn chat room were sounding off about fears the independent broker-dealer will require a move to ClientWorks before it is fully ready.

RIA NEWS FEB 16, 2018
In deregulated environment, Ameriprise may be moving back into retail banking

By acquiring or launching a bank, the firm would be able to recapture more profits from holding cash deposits.

ALTERNATIVES FEB 13, 2018
Newbridge target of investor complaints over REIT sales

Firm could face two dozen suits from police, firemen and other Philadelphia public employees alleging millions in damages, according to two attorneys handling the claims.

RIA NEWS FEB 08, 2018
As LPL buys broker-dealers, its rivals also benefit

Competitors like Cetera and Advisor Group are seeing recruiting gains from LPL's NPH purchase.

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