Bruce Kelly

InvestmentNews

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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ALTERNATIVES DEC 27, 2017
Nuveen jumps into changing nontraded REIT market

Nontraded REIT sales finishing 2017 near a low, though one variety generating new life.

RIA NEWS DEC 22, 2017
After a superb 2017, brokerage stocks should continue to roll next year

Even if the stock market falters, financial stocks should do well in a rising interest rate environment.

RIA NEWS DEC 21, 2017
SEC charges Woodbridge Group with running $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme

Bankrupt real estate developer and its founder, Robert Shapiro, accused of targeting 8,400 investors.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 20, 2017
LPL loses $462,000 arbitration claim stemming from broker who ran Ponzi scheme

LPL was deemed liable for not supervising the broker, Charles Fackrell, who has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding clients.

RIA NEWS DEC 20, 2017
Manager of Merrill Lynch's flagship Manhattan branch walks

A source at Merrill confirmed Racquel Oden's departure but gave no reasons for her leaving.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 19, 2017
Ex-Smith Barney broker who needed new heart in fight with Morgan Stanley over clients

Broker claims he had an agreement to get half of his book of business back if he returned to work.

RIA NEWS DEC 19, 2017
Broker accepted kickbacks for IPO access: SEC

The SEC alleges that Brian Hirsch subverted allocation policies and procedures at two brokerage firms.

RIA NEWS DEC 18, 2017
Ex-Morgan Stanley execs pick up firm's advisers

Executives formerly of Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney find success recruiting teams from their old firms.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 14, 2017
Morgan Stanley's aggressive move against former employee puts brokers on notice

Wirehouse's pursuit of New Jersey broker through courts shows firm intends to enforce non-solicitation agreements, experts say.

WIREHOUSES DEC 13, 2017
Morgan Stanley wins restraining order, but former broker can contact clients

New Jersey broker John Fitzgerald left for Commonwealth Financial Network last week.