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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New Finra CEO Cook will feel heat from both sides of the political aisle
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUL 15, 2016
New Finra CEO Cook will feel heat from both sides of the political aisle

Conservatives and liberals alike have stepped up criticism of the brokerage industry regulator.

Report says REIT changes proposed by AR Global would remove investor protections
ALTERNATIVES JUL 11, 2016
Report says REIT changes proposed by AR Global would remove investor protections

Robert A. Stanger & Co. critical of proxies firm has sent out in preparation for possible consolidations.

Federal judge approves RCAP bankruptcy plan
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 11, 2016
Federal judge approves RCAP bankruptcy plan

Decision paves way for its biggest asset, Cetera Financial Group, to emerge as a privately held company.

Former AR Global REIT director cries foul over potential merger
ALTERNATIVES JUL 11, 2016
Former AR Global REIT director cries foul over potential merger

Robert Froehlich says fact that both acquiring REIT and REIT being acquired have same CFO is a 'manifest conflict of interest.'

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 10, 2016
Brokers from small IBD with a history of hiring reps with spotty histories on the move

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 01, 2016
Indicted broker a poster boy for industry critics like Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Anthony Diaz, under federal indictment for fraudulent sales of alternatives, embodies the criticisms of the likes of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Raymond James involved in $350 million development fraud: SEC-appointed receiver
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 30, 2016
Raymond James involved in $350 million development fraud: SEC-appointed receiver

Latest lawsuit alleges widespread misuse of investor funds abetted by the brokerage firm.

Boston RIA hit with $48 million arbitration award
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 30, 2016
Boston RIA hit with $48 million arbitration award

Clients accused Lee Weiss of recommending an unsuitable investment in a Polish tobacco company.

Biopharmaceutical Fortress Biotech to buy an independent broker-dealer
FINTECH JUN 29, 2016
Biopharmaceutical Fortress Biotech to buy an independent broker-dealer

National Holdings Corp. said it reached an agreement to be acquired by Fortress, a biopharmaceutical company.

Stifel CEO wants better results from Sterne Agee's independent B-D business
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 27, 2016
Stifel CEO wants better results from Sterne Agee's independent B-D business

CEO Ron Kruszewski says margins were lower in the wealth management group because of its recent acquisition's independent advisers.