Bruce Kelly

InvestmentNews

Bruce Kelly

Senior Columnist

26 years experience

Bruce's specialty topics

Legal and compliance Advisor compensation Alternative investments

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.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I love covering the financial advice business. We write about financial advisors and how they care about clients' lifesavings - what is more important than that?”

Awards and recognition

  • 2 SABEW awards
  • Neal Award

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Co-author of "Financial Serial Killers"

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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 13, 2014
J.P. Turner gussies up for Schorsch

Independent B-D spends $8.8 million to resolve litigation prior to acquisition by RCS Capital.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 13, 2014
With business booming, Schorsch's RCS Capital eyes further growth

Nick Schorsch's RCS Capital is building the second-largest independent broker-dealer network — 9,000 registered reps and financial advisers — through several acquisitions it announced last year.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 13, 2014
Schorsch's pickup of J.P. Turner: "Such a bargain!"

Nick Schorsch has been snapping up B-Ds with the fervor of Carrie Bradshaw from “Sex and the City” chasing down her next pair of Manolo Blahniks. But with J.P. Turner, is the firm's stock-jockey history a problem or did Nick buy a gem at downtown prices?

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 12, 2014
BrokerCheckmate: Finra marks wave big red flag

Bruce Kelly reports about Meyers Associates, a small New York broker-dealer with five times the industry average of registered reps with marks, or 'disclosure events' on their record.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 10, 2014
Ex-Dynasty client closes B-D, RIA after SEC actions

An adviser who became a client of Dynasty in 2012 has faced two separate series of actions in the past year, most recently a Wells notice from the SEC's California office. Bruce Kelly has the story.

RIA NEWS JUN 10, 2014
AIG resurrects brand in financial advice industry

The giant insurer is once again anointing a broker-dealer and registered investment adviser network with the AIG name and launching AIG Financial Network.

EQUITIES JUN 05, 2014
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust being acquired by Ventas

Newly listed American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust being snapped up by giant health care REIT Ventas in a stock and cash deal valued at $2.6 billion.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 05, 2014
Schorsch's RCAP to raise $466 million in secondary offering

Broker-dealer using proceeds, in part, for pending acquisitions and possible new ones.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 05, 2014
KBS REIT II to offer dividend upon sale of Chicago office building

Firm to offer another way besides public listing for REIT sponsors to provide liquidity to investors.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 05, 2014
Giant Inland American REIT is focus of California inquiry

Regulator wants clarity about Inland American's share value in recent buyback