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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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RIA NEWS JUL 30, 2013

Advice and wealth management power Ameriprise 2Q

Two units — advice and wealth management — powered Ameriprise's second quarter results. <i>Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130724/FREE/130729960">What happened to Raymond James in the quarter?</a></i>

ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2013

Berthel Fisher sued over failed Thompson deal

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2013

Carson acquires $218M AUM hybrid

Plans to complete up to eight such deals this year.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2013

LPL right to eliminate 'self-supervision'

Beginning in 2015, firm to charge its reps for outside supervision.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2013

Troubles mount as Tony Thompson's nontraded REIT halts dividends

TNP Strategic Retail Trust cites loan compliance issues with lenders.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 25, 2013

Finra panel sets $18.5 million award against defunct B-D

Action related to Provident Royalties, found to be a Ponzi scheme.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 24, 2013

Five IBDs in $7M settlement over nontraded-REIT sales

Ameriprise and four other IBDs agreed to pay fines and restitution in a deal with Massachusetts securities cop William Galvin. The state's action is the latest in a series of crackdowns on the sale of nontraded REITs.

RIA NEWS JUL 24, 2013

Relationship between Wall Street and independents grows

Big guns making inroads but it's not an easy task as winning trust is key to the holy grail.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 23, 2013

Interest rate spike boosts fortunes of broker-dealers

Citi analyst upgrades Schwab to buy, boosts price targets for LPL, TD Ameritrade.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 21, 2013

Stand-alone LPL reps to see big fee hike

Firm will no longer allow one-person shops to supervise themselves.