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 JUL 18, 2014
Adviser misused $8 million in client funds: SEC

Settlement requires him to pay more than $500,000

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 17, 2014
Former rep indicted in $2.5 million investment fraud

Patricia Miller promised clients high yields if they went into “investment clubs.”

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 16, 2014
Opinions on bull market split following most recent run-up

After the S&P 500 reaches new heights, new questions surface on whether the market is headed up or down.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 16, 2014
Nontraded REITS headed for another boffo year

Sales expected to hit $20 billion as low interest rates and liquidity events spark industry.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2014
At LPL, recruiting is warming up but nontraded REIT sales are cooling

After severe weather crimped its recruiting efforts over the winter, LPL Financial says it's seeing a return to normal levels of adviser movement but that the once-hot nontraded REIT market is cooling off.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 11, 2014
Why did Sterne Agee fire its CEO?

Why did Sterne Agee <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140527/FREE/140529934&quot;>fire CEO James Holbrook Jr.?</a> Many want to know, especially since the firm and its former CEO were recently accused of all manner of professional hanky-panky.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 09, 2014
RCS Capital closes J.P. Turner, Summit Financial deals

Nicholas Schorsch's network of independent broker-dealers is closing in on nearly 9,000 reps.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 09, 2014
Ameriprise delivers strong 1Q results

&#8220;Ameriprise delivered another strong quarter,&#8221; CEO Jim Cracchiolo said in a statement. &#8220;Revenues and earnings were up nicely and our operating return on equity reached a new record of 20.8%.&#8221;

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee wants to remove Holbrooks from board

Schedules a shareholder vote, discloses ongoing investigations of former father-son executive team.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee overhauls leadership after filing lawsuit against auditing firm KPMG

Regional brokerage Sterne Agee replaces CEO James Holbrook days after accusing its auditor KPMG of negligence. Bruce Kelly reports.