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"

Featured content from Bruce

It’s the age of risk, and the financial advice industry is blowing it Beneficient, GWG boss spent $59 million on home improvements during time of alleged fraud scheme Broker-dealers got more than $100 million from selling bankrupt Inspired Healthcare’s deals

Education

  • B.A., Rutgers College
  • M.S., Columbia Journalism School

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ALTERNATIVES MAY 28, 2013
Finra plan could upend illiquid investment reporting

SRO offers options on valuing vehicles like nontraded REITS on account statements.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 26, 2013
Schorsch is taking REIT B-D public

Industry maverick planning another liquidity event

RIA NEWS MAY 26, 2013
Siblings leave Morgan Stanley

RIA NEWS MAY 24, 2013
It's official: Royal Alliance Associates CEO Tambaro to retire at yearend

Business development chief Goldin to take over for well-regarded veteran.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 24, 2013
AIG completes Woodbury Financial Services deal

Insurer's B-D group now has more than 6,000 independent reps and advisers.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 24, 2013
Woodbury reps set to cash in: recruiters

Recruiters say management at Woodbury Financial, which is being acquired by AIG's broker-dealer, has doubled down on retention packages in a bid to keep reps in their seats.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2013
Finra alerts broker-dealers to nontraded REIT info shortcomings

Finra warns broker-dealers on nontraded-REIT info shortcomings; sees misleading communications around distributions, risks.

Massachusetts sues LPL over nontraded REIT sales
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2013
Massachusetts sues LPL over nontraded REIT sales

In what may be an ominous sign for indie B-Ds, Massachusetts sued LPL for dishonest business practices in the selling of a popular nonlisted property trust.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 21, 2013
LPL set to settle with Finra over e-mail tracking

Broker-dealer works to enhance systems to get over latest compliance hurdle.

RIA NEWS MAY 19, 2013
B-D chief misused funds, Finra charges

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