Bruce Kelly

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.

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Popular nontraded REIT puts development into bankruptcy
ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2012
Popular nontraded REIT puts development into bankruptcy

Latest news from Behringer Harvard 'doesn't bode well for shareholders,' says due diligence expert

ALTERNATIVES SEP 06, 2012
REIT values are up, but so is skepticism

Some industry experts greeted the higher values of nontraded real estate investment trusts with a degree of skepticism, pointing to an overall problem in valuing REITs.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Cetera Financial strikes again, snagging B-D with 2,000 advisers

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Valerie Brown: Cetera boss sees an opening in closings

Consolidation among independent broker-dealers is inevitable, according to Cetera Financial Group chief executive Valerie Brown, and the inability or unwillingness of firms to stay open is benefiting her firm.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 02, 2012
Cole REIT eyes asset sale or IPO

RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 28, 2012
Nontraded REITs lose their luster

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 26, 2012
Woodbury reps to see bonanza for staying put

RIA NEWS AUG 26, 2012
Bad-news Behringer: Fund is underwater

RIA NEWS AUG 19, 2012
Long-running B-D shuts doors

Long-running B-D closes its doors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 17, 2012
Long-running B-D closes its doors

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Another B-D that sold Provident private placements has ceased operations.