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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FIXED INCOME SEP 28, 2017
Ex-Morgan Stanley broker at center of Puerto Rico bond disputes

Hurricane damage to island may complicate settlement of claims on munis and closed-end funds.

RIA NEWS SEP 27, 2017
Kovack Securities buys brokerage assets of Capital Guardian

Capital Guardian's $593 million RIA is not part of the sale.

FINTECH SEP 25, 2017
Envestnet to buy FolioDynamix

The deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018, will bring the total assets Envestnet works with to almost $2 trillion.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 22, 2017
Fired Ameriprise broker on the hook for $675,000 after losing arbitration

Amerprise sued the ex-broker after a client charged that the broker had stolen money from her and Amerprise had failed to tell her the broker had been suspended.

FIXED INCOME SEP 21, 2017
Odd letter highlights fiduciary concerns in Puerto Rico

Oriental Financial Services sold the island commonwealth's triple-tax-free bonds, then dismissed a client when it was sued over the risky securities.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 21, 2017
Raymond James' indy arm recruits husband-and-wife adviser team in Houston

The couple managed more than $170 million in client assets at Morgan Stanley.

RIA NEWS SEP 21, 2017
With margins crashing, broker-dealers look to merge: report

Increased regulation is straining profit margins among broker-dealers, sending many of them into the arms of their bigger brethren.

RIA NEWS SEP 19, 2017
Adviser files motion to dismiss claim he was involved in fake news about murdered DNC staffer

Complaint alleges Ed Butowsky and Fox News 'worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House' to concoct phony story to divert attention from Russian hacking in 2016 presidential campaign.

RIA NEWS SEP 18, 2017
Finra bars former First Allied broker with history of social media miscues

John Kai had been fired earlier this year for violations of communications policies, outside business activities and borrowing funds from a client, to name a few.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 15, 2017
Broker-dealers and RIAs at loggerheads over fiduciary rule delay

Companies and groups weighing in with comment letters have vastly different viewpoints on the delay's potential impact.