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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Elderly investors win $1.25 million Finra arbitration over failed medical start-up investments
ALTERNATIVES FEB 03, 2017
Elderly investors win $1.25 million Finra arbitration over failed medical start-up investments

The claimants alleged the Connecticut investment bank negligently supervised its broker.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 31, 2017
Pershing COO Lori Hardwick leaving firm

Ms. Hardwick intends to pursue other opportunities.

Bank of America's Merrill Lynch reports a 1% increase in number of financial advisers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 31, 2017
Bank of America's Merrill Lynch reports a 1% increase in number of financial advisers

Bank's wealth management unit reports higher earnings on lower revenue.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 31, 2017
Broker-dealers have different views on recruiting over next six months

DOL rule could prompt some advisers to move ahead of time — and others to stay put until they gauge rule's impact.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 30, 2017
And the Golden Bull goes to ...

Not every adviser can be nominated for a Bully, just those who displayed a complete disconnect from their ethics in the course of impersonating a client or some big shot.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 26, 2017
Adviser banned for cherry picking trades to reward himself over clients

Michael J. Breton allegedly cost clients $1.3 million by placing trades through a master brokerage account and then allocating profitable trades to himself while placing unprofitable ones into client accounts.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 24, 2017
Finra's new exam unit looking to identify rogue registered reps

The self-regulatory organization is planning to investigate 100 to 200 brokers who pose the greatest risk to investors.

First Republic starts year with a bang
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2017
First Republic starts year with a bang

Picks up two Merrill Lynch groups with nearly $2 billion in assets; more deals might be on the horizon.

RIA NEWS JAN 20, 2017
IRS raises red flag over tax shelter land deals

The deals promised tax deductions worth four to four-and-a-half times a person's investment.

Former registered representative in Texas arrested for internet Ponzi scheme
RIA NEWS JAN 20, 2017
Former registered representative in Texas arrested for internet Ponzi scheme

Bobby Eugene Guess, who promoted himself as a financial maven through radio advertising and financial seminars, was indicted on charges related to the multi-million-dollar sale of investments in an internet advertising company.