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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RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2017
Raymond James executives call on industry to keep broker protocol

Also ask firms to pay for the administration of the protocol to 'ensure its longevity and relevance.'

RIA NEWS NOV 16, 2017
UBS raising client fees, factoring in liabilities

Next year, some clients will see higher annual fees unless they have $2 million in assets and liabilities across accounts, or alter their accounts to gain fee waivers.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 15, 2017
PIABA accuses Finra of conflicts of interest

Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association report slams self-regulator over its picks for board of governors.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2017
LPL's recruiting of top advisers falls for third straight quarter

Decline in the number of new individuals or teams with $100 million or more in assets comes after best recruiting year ever in 2016.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 14, 2017
RBC Wealth Management on recruiting roll

Firm has seen a net gain of 11 advisory teams and $4.25 billion in client assets in the year through September.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2017
Cole Capital, once part of a company coveted by Nicholas Schorsch, is being sold

Vereit, formerly American Realty Capital Properties Inc., is selling Cole Capital as it exits the nontraded REIT business.

RIA NEWS NOV 11, 2017
Can Robert Moore save Cetera?

In the little more than a year since he stepped in as CEO, Mr. Moore has made great strides in turning around the broker-dealer network after its parent company went through a painful — and very public — bankruptcy.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 09, 2017
How confusing are the fees brokers charge?

Although a common cost estimate is 100 basis points of assets under management, a new Personal Capital report finds advisory fees at large firms ranging from 1.25% to 3%.

RIA NEWS NOV 09, 2017
LPL loses another big team to Securities America

Professional Investors Network, with 70 advisers and $1.7 billion in assets, was affiliated with NPH.

RIA NEWS NOV 08, 2017
LPL says it's on track to recruit 70% of National Planning Holdings revenue

Rivals have picked off some big NPH teams, but LPL said it is getting the lion's share of revenue from the acquisition.