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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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 18, 2012
Lessons from a fallen star

The rise and fall of superstar broker Don DeWaay says plenty about the state of the industry -- and its future.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 18, 2012
Reg D Scare Fading, But Medcap Sales Still Haunt A Broker-dealer

RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2012
LPL raising fees, cutting incentives

RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2012
Regions back in securities business

RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2012
Ducking default, nontraded REIT sponsor cuts interest payments

RIA NEWS NOV 15, 2012
Cortazzo moves affiliation to LPL Financial from SII

RIA NEWS NOV 15, 2012
LPL adviser Waldron going- but not gone

RIA NEWS NOV 15, 2012
Former ING network chief John Simmers is back in the business

John Simmers, a onetime leading executive in the independent-contractor brokerage industry, is jumping back into the business using a duel strategy that is closely linked.

Cortazzo moves affiliation to LPL Financial from SII
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 13, 2012
Cortazzo moves affiliation to LPL Financial from SII

Top LPL adviser going — but not gone
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 13, 2012
Top LPL adviser going — but not gone

Waldron to custody assets elsewhere but keep relationship