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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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2013
Nontraded REIT Cole in deal with sponsor, manager

Merger is one of a recent spate of nontraded REITs that have announced mergers or listings in an industry that has been roundly criticized for not giving investors a return or way out of the investments

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2013
Shareholders dog top nontraded REIT

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 17, 2013
REIT bigwig Thompson a target

Finra looking into why his brokerage allegedly failed to turn over requested documents

RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2013
Biggest nontraded REIT being dogged by its own shareholders

Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. investors are jumping on an SEC investigation into false valuations and excess fees at the nontraded REIT.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2013
Real estate maven Tony Thompson falls on hard times

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 03, 2013
Two MetLife B-Ds on Cetera's radar

Company is said to be pursuing an acquisition of one or more broker-dealers

Regions back in the securities business with Cetera deal
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 01, 2013
Regions back in the securities business with Cetera deal

After the sale of Morgan Keegan, bank inks deal with indie B-D to provide investment services to its customers.

Ex-MSSB exec: I was fired for whistleblowing
WIREHOUSES MAR 01, 2013
Ex-MSSB exec: I was fired for whistleblowing

A former executive at MSSB claims he was fired because, among other things, he threatened to expose churning of preferred stock by a star rep.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 01, 2013
Cetera's indie B-Ds get name change

Rebranding campaign triggered by recent purchase of Genworth unit; brokerages to remain autonomous

RIA NEWS FEB 28, 2013
LPL ordered to pay $2M in restitution

Early on Wednesday, LPL management announced that the company posted record revenue in 2012 — but saw profits drop. Later, the B-D agreed to pay restitution to clients who bought shares in nontraded REITs.

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