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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FINRA sues ex-Arkadios, Osaic broker at center of millions of dollars of investor complaints
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 11, 2025
FINRA sues ex-Arkadios, Osaic broker at center of millions of dollars of investor complaints

James Walesa "should have been barred from the industry years ago," one attorney said.

J.P. Morgan Securities on the hook for $1.1M to advisor in back-pay dispute
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 08, 2025
J.P. Morgan Securities on the hook for $1.1M to advisor in back-pay dispute

Fights over compensation are a common area of hostility between wealth management firms and their employees, including financial advisors.

After Muni bond fund blow up, broker-dealers Osaic and Stifel Nicolaus face questions
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 08, 2025
After Muni bond fund blow up, broker-dealers Osaic and Stifel Nicolaus face questions

Plaintiff's lawyers are eying both broker-dealers for potential client complaints.

Employment rigging settlement highlights ugly side of RIA industry
RIA NEWS AUG 06, 2025
Employment rigging settlement highlights ugly side of RIA industry

American Century and Mariner Wealth have moved to settle pay disputes with $25.5 million fund.

Osaic sees more staff cuts
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 05, 2025
Osaic sees more staff cuts

Most notably, two chief compliance officers have also recently left the firm.

LPL Financial sticking to its guns with retaining 90% of Commonwealth's financial advisors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 01, 2025
LPL Financial sticking to its guns with retaining 90% of Commonwealth's financial advisors

"We continue to feel confident about our ability to capture 90%," LPL CEO Rich Steinmeier told analysts during the firm's 2nd quarter earnings call.

Alternative investment winners and losers in wake of OBBBA
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 01, 2025
Alternative investment winners and losers in wake of OBBBA

Changes in legislation or additional laws historically have created opportunities for the alternative investment marketplace to expand.

UBS sees a net loss of 111 financial advisors in the Americas during the second quarter
WIREHOUSES JUL 30, 2025
UBS sees a net loss of 111 financial advisors in the Americas during the second quarter

Some in the industry say that more UBS financial advisors this year will be heading for the exits.

Bluerock interval fund could trade at 'substantial discount' after it lists, company says
EQUITIES JUL 29, 2025
Bluerock interval fund could trade at 'substantial discount' after it lists, company says

At the end of May, the Bluerock Total Income + Real Estate Fund said the net asset value, or NAV, of its Class A and Class C shares, respectively, was $25.74 and $23.71.

FINRA fines second broker-dealer over misleading communication with clients about crypto
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUL 28, 2025
FINRA fines second broker-dealer over misleading communication with clients about crypto

TradeStation Securities' communications violated industry rules, including falling short on describing the risks involved in investing in volatile crypto assets.