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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RIA NEWS OCT 21, 2012
New Citi chief must focus on investment advice

Bank is losing ground to competitors such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley

ALTERNATIVES OCT 21, 2012
Nontraded REIT waives fee

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 21, 2012
Finra panel orders Merrill to pay $1.3M award

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 19, 2012
Analyst: Ladenburg set for growth acceleration

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., which owns three sizable independent broker-dealers, stands to benefit from long term trends such as the increase in the number of Baby Boomers retiring and advisers leaving large financial institutions

Growth stocks a go, Calamos says
EQUITIES OCT 17, 2012
Growth stocks a go, Calamos says

EQUITIES OCT 12, 2012
Growth stocks will take off, Calamos says

Volatility creates opportunity, famed investor points out; will this message get through to investors?

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 07, 2012
Finra taking a closer look at sellers of nontraded REITs

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 07, 2012
Taking a stand for investors

Judge Jed Rakoff, the scourge of Wall Street, presses for accountability

LPL 'a couple of cylinders off' in 2Q
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 02, 2012
LPL 'a couple of cylinders off' in 2Q

LPL announced its results for the second quarter. The message? Mixed.

RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
REIT dividends at issue in suit