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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All's not well as Wells halts REIT offerings
ALTERNATIVES DEC 27, 2013
All's not well as Wells halts REIT offerings

In a letter to B-D execs, Leo Wells said his real estate investment company has halted any further offerings. The reason? Lack of regulatory 'clarity.'

RIA NEWS DEC 24, 2013
Is it time to rethink the price-earnings ratio?

Investment strategist James Paulsen of Wells Capital Management asks whether it is time for investors to shift their historic perceptions of the potential long-term performance of stocks in light of the past 25 years of performance.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 20, 2013
Seinfeld star's adviser Bambi Holzer sued by Finra over Provident deals

Adviser to the stars Bambi Holzer is facing the wrath of regulators for allegedly lying to one of her former firms when she sold preferred shares of Provident Royalties in 2008. Her BrokerCheck report is one for the ages.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2013
J.P. Turner must pay more than $700,000 in restitution to clients

Finra on Wednesday ordered midsize independent broker-dealer J.P Turner & Co. to pay more than $700,000 in restitution to clients who complained about unsuitable sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds and excessive mutual fund switching by one registered representative.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2013
LPL Financial is hiking the cost of E&O insurance per rep by $200 in 2014

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 18, 2013
NFL-approved broker barred by Finra

He worked for firm accused of selling $18 million in fraudulent notes to star athletes, including the NFL's Vernon Davis (pictured)

RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 12, 2013
Alts require due diligence

In the wake of fraud allegations over alternative investments, Bruce Kelly warns that advisers need to do their due diligence when choosing an alt. <b>More:</b> <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130811/REG/308119973&quot;>Investors defrauded by real estate guru: Finra</a>

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 11, 2013
Specialized IBD to take on 50 reps and advisers from Veritrust

PlanMember Financial's 400 reps work with school district, nonprofit retirement plans.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 06, 2013
Primerica B-D winning arbitrations on public pension plans

PFS Investments Inc. this year has batted away a handful of similar arbitrations stemming from brokers' mismanagement of public pension plans in Florida.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 04, 2013
LPL CEO Mark Casady's Twitter photo proves he's ducking the razor

To benefit an animal-rescue charity effort that LPL is undertaking, LPL's usually clean-cut CEO Mark Casady is growing a beard. This week, he posted a Photoshopped &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221;-style beard on Twitter.