Bruce Kelly

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.

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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 23, 2017
SEC moving to bar former broker from Financial Network Investment Corp.

William Bucci, who has already been barred by Finra, pled guilty to charges of securities fraud last June.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 22, 2017
Dawn Bennett loses $1 million arbitration claim

Client claims she recommended he invest in a gold ETF, which the arbitrators agreed was an unsuitable investment for him.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 21, 2017
Texas judge shoots down latest effort to halt DOL fiduciary rule

Chief Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn denied the financial trade association plaintiffs' motion for an injunction to stop the regulation.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 20, 2017
Finra bars owner of New Jersey broker-dealer

James Carrazza of Olympus Securities failed to report federal tax liens on his employment record and would not provide the regulator with requested information, according to Finra.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2017
LPL spent big on recruiting in 2016

Broker-dealer's forgivable loan balance was $136.7 million last year, up 44.7% over the previous year.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 15, 2017
Fired Waddell & Reed broker barred by Finra

Paul D. Stanley was dismissed for violating the firm's professional conduct, supervisory and compensation policies.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2017
Broker-dealer Aegis Capital facing investigation from Finra, SEC and FINCEN

An SEC filing did not say why the firm is being investigated and a lawyer for the firm declined to comment.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 14, 2017
National Holdings Corp. acquires independent broker-dealer WFG Investments

The transaction comes as industry executives and consultants expect more consolidation in the IBD industry.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2017
Investors accuse Nicholas Schorsch of plundering RCAP for own gain

Unsecured creditors claim one-time REIT czar and his partners siphoned revenue from RCAP to enrich themselves, leaving shareholders in the lurch.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 10, 2017
Asking the SEC's Michael Piwowar to reconsider who will end up the real 'forgotten investors'

His proposal to allow more Americans to invest in private placements is fraught with risk, mostly to retirees who fall prey to brokers motivated to sell these deals by high commissions.