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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Ex-LPL, special needs advisor pleads guilty in fraud case
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 23, 2026
Ex-LPL, special needs advisor pleads guilty in fraud case

Andrew Komarow pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Hartford to defrauding three financial services companies of close to $3.3 million.

GWG’s Heppner hires Puff Daddy’s attorneys as criminal sentencing looms
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 22, 2026
GWG’s Heppner hires Puff Daddy’s attorneys as criminal sentencing looms

According to a federal charges Bradley Heppner, 60, received more than $150 million in payments through funneling money from GWG Holdings to a shell company.

LPL taps veteran Hullings to lead recruiting in post-Commonwealth deal era
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 21, 2026
LPL taps veteran Hullings to lead recruiting in post-Commonwealth deal era

The senior recruiter position at LPL Financial can lead to future success and industry leadership.

Independent contractor formerly associated with MML Investors Services pleads guilty to running Ponzi
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2026
Independent contractor formerly associated with MML Investors Services pleads guilty to running Ponzi

Trevor Uhls pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.

Osaic reels in LPL team with $2.3 billion in assets
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 20, 2026
Osaic reels in LPL team with $2.3 billion in assets

Osaic and LPL Financial routinely square off in recruiting advisors from other firms as well as from each other.

Raymond James, advisors, fight over Deutsche Bank money concludes
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 19, 2026
Raymond James, advisors, fight over Deutsche Bank money concludes

The dispute apparently dates back to deals done ago during the time two advisors worked at Deutsche Bank Securities, or Alex. Brown.

Atlanta B-D Arkadios Capital pays $500K to settle investor lawsuit involving former broker.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 16, 2026
Atlanta B-D Arkadios Capital pays $500K to settle investor lawsuit involving former broker.

Jim Walesa worked in the securities industry for 39 years before leaving in 2021.

Firm that creates Forbes rankings returns - with a fresh moniker
WIREHOUSES OCT 15, 2026
Firm that creates Forbes rankings returns - with a fresh moniker

Shook Research has a new name and brand, Veritant, and will continue its coveted rankings of financial advisors.

Alternatives and AI in focus for advisors at wirehouses in Q3
ALTERNATIVES OCT 14, 2026
Alternatives and AI in focus for advisors at wirehouses in Q3

“The next wave of alternative investments being offering by wirehouses is centered around private equity and infrastructure,” said a senior executive.

Pace of investors selling nontraded BDCs slows but remains significant,  says Fitch
ALTERNATIVES OCT 13, 2026
Pace of investors selling nontraded BDCs slows but remains significant,  says Fitch

Investor demand to redeem BDC shares may be “cresting” but it will still take time resolve the backlog, according to one executive.