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 JUL 17, 2017
National Holdings' acquisition of broker-dealer WFG Investments and its 200 advisers called off

Under an alternative plan, WFG's advisers will be relocated to three broker-dealers, including one owned by National Holdings.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2017
With fiduciary rule in place, two broker-dealers cut adviser compensation

LPL is eliminating some bonuses, while Raymond James is trimming compensation in its employee channel for those producing more than $300,000 in revenue.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 28, 2017
Feds move to undermine CFO Brian Block's defense of inaccurate financial filings at ARCP

With testimony concluded, case could go to the jury as early as Thursday

ALTERNATIVES JUN 27, 2017
Brian Block denies cooking the books at Schorsch REIT

Former CFO claims everything he did was 'appropriate' and 'correct.'

OPINION JUN 25, 2017
Nick Schorsch's presence at Brian Block's trial unseen, but keenly felt

Testimony at Block trial places REIT czar at center of alleged conspiracy.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 24, 2017
Wirehouse training programs are back

At one time, major brokerage houses ran large, expensive training programs for thousands of young brokers, and now it looks as if they are about to return to that model.

FINTECH JUN 22, 2017
LPL losing tech guru Victor Fetter

He will be replaced by Scott Seese, most recently at American Express, and known for being a 'digital disruptor.'

ALTERNATIVES JUN 21, 2017
Brian Block's lawyer portrays prosecution witness as a liar

Lisa McAlister acknowledges she has lied before, but asserts she's telling the truth now.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 17, 2017
ARCP's accounting takes center stage at Brian Block's fraud trial

Former exec says he repeatedly warned of accounting mistakes in REIT financials

ALTERNATIVES JUN 16, 2017
Defense hits key government witness in Brian Block fraud trial

Attorney questions why Ryan Steel didn't raise accounting concerns with firm's auditor or law firm.