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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ALTERNATIVES SEP 08, 2013
Galvin goes back for more

Mass. regulator hits IBDs with new sanctions over nontraded REITs.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2013
A practice with roots close to home

RIA NEWS SEP 05, 2013
Schorsch in shock purchase of large indie B-D

REIT mogul Nicholas Schorsch, who's been on a buying binge of late, will acquire First Allied Securities, a brokerage with 1,500 reps and $32B in assets under management.

AIG lawsuit decision a boost for its reps
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 05, 2013
AIG lawsuit decision a boost for its reps

AIG's decision not to join a suit against the U.S. government is good news for the insurer's brokers, writes Bruce Kelly.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 03, 2013
Cetera skyrockets into first tier

ALTERNATIVES SEP 01, 2013
BDC cuts ties with B-D

ALTERNATIVES AUG 27, 2013
FS Investment Corp. plans to return capital to investors

In boon to investors, largest business development company to merge or list.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2013
Kelly: Hot new investment vehicle raises opportunities — and questions

Sponsors are cautioning reps who sell interval funds to do their homework first.

Nontraded BDC sales on a tear despite closing of first fund
ALTERNATIVES AUG 27, 2013
Nontraded BDC sales on a tear despite closing of first fund

Despite the recent closing of the largest business development company, BDCs are suddenly raking in the cash from advisers.

RIA NEWS AUG 23, 2013
DeWaay Financial closing its doors