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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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 08, 2013
LPL to settle over e-mail surveillance

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 06, 2013
MetLife adviser ranks thinning out fast after cuts

MetLife has trimmed a third of its adviser force amid a push to save $150 million a year by 2014. Question is, are the job cuts over?

ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2013
Nontraded REIT will list on NYSE

ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2013
Nontraded REIT will list on NYSE

ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2013
Finra: REIT information misleading

WIREHOUSES MAY 02, 2013
UBS advisers break $1M revenue mark

The average revenue per adviser was a record $1,001,000

ALTERNATIVES APR 28, 2013
Cole III rejects latest offer from American Realty Capital

Cole Credit Property Trust III rejected the latest offer from American Realty Capital but CEO Nick Schorsch says he may bid again. Bruce Kelly explains the latest twist.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 28, 2013
Montana regulators target LPL REIT sales

Bruce Kelly reports that LPL management was caught off guard by news that Montana is probing the brokerage's sale of nontraded REITs.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2013
LPL facing more complaints about REIT sales

Report claims Montana preparing case against multiple LPL brokers.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 26, 2013
LPL ordered to pay $2M in restitution

Massachusetts Securities Division seeks payment to investors who bought shares of nontraded real estate investment trusts