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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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 26, 2015
B-D claims Voya dinged former employee's record out of revenge

Hotels owned by Schorsch's nontraded REIT found to be in disrepair
ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2015
Hotels owned by Schorsch's nontraded REIT found to be in disrepair

Safety and maintenance issues found at five hotels owned by American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust.

Ponzi schemer haunts AIG Advisor Group in arbitration decision
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 12, 2015
Ponzi schemer haunts AIG Advisor Group in arbitration decision

FSC Securities is on the hook for a $1.28M arbitration award to investors who were swindled by a notorious con man featured on “American Greed: The Fugitives.”

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 07, 2015
Cetera closing J.P. Turner, offering some brokers jobs at Summit

CEO Larry Roth claims the move is not part of any widespread consolidation within RCAP's retail brokerage division.

Schorsch's American Realty Capital lists REIT on New York Stock Exchange
ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2015
Schorsch's American Realty Capital lists REIT on New York Stock Exchange

REIT sponsor controlled by Nicholas Schorsch has its first liquidity event of the year, selling shares of Global Net Lease Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 30, 2015
Five broker-dealer execs no longer at Cetera

Top managers from First Allied and J.P. Turner have left the sprawling Cetera Financial Group broker-dealer network, with 9,600 registered reps and financial advisers. Whether the exits are part of a broader reorganization is unclear.

LPL Financial CEO Mark Casady says firm close to finish line with fines and settlements
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 29, 2015
LPL Financial CEO Mark Casady says firm close to finish line with fines and settlements

Chief executive Mark Casady says the firm has "couple things left to go" before enforcement actions resolved.

LPL Financial plans to launch robo-adviser in next two months
FINTECH JUL 28, 2015
LPL Financial plans to launch robo-adviser in next two months

Dan Arnold, LPL's president, says the firm plans to launch a robo that won't replace its financial advisers but will "gain a certain amount of the market."

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2015
Spike in Finra, SEC regulation leaves star brokers exposed

Long treated with kid gloves, big producers now face questions about alleged violations.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 16, 2015
Edward Jones continues push into proprietary funds

Brokerage giant is expanding its lineup of proprietary mutual funds for its 12,000 brokers and financial advisers a year and a half after the firm launched its first fund.