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 APR 22, 2012
LPL realigns management

LPL on a recruiting roll — but at a price
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 19, 2012
LPL on a recruiting roll — but at a price

Hiring expenses rose as indie B-D attracted 408 net new advisers in past year; 'elevating our expectation'

Behind the management shake-up at LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 19, 2012
Behind the management shake-up at LPL

Mark Casady reveals reasons for recent changes at indie B-D

RIA NEWS APR 18, 2012
Ex-LPL rep gets long spell in prison

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 18, 2012
LPL isn't only B-D that hits brokers with an affiliation fee

LPL Financial LLC isn't alone in charging registered representatives and financial advisers a flat fee for doing business with the firm

1,600 Woodbury reps await fate after Hartford purge
RIA NEWS APR 17, 2012
1,600 Woodbury reps await fate after Hartford purge

The dramatic reorganization at The Hartford leaves 1,600 reps at Woodbury Financial with a very uncertain future | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20120321/FREE/120329977>Exit from the annuity business a shocker to advisers &amp;raquo;</a>

Pacific West Securities ordered to pony up $2.1M over TICs
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 16, 2012
Pacific West Securities ordered to pony up $2.1M over TICs

A Finra arbitration panel has awarded a couple $2.1M over unsuitable tenant-in-common exchange investments

RIA NEWS APR 16, 2012
DeWaay facing bankruptcy because of DBSI lawsuits

B-D asks judge for temporary injunction to halt arbitration claims filed with Finra; 'Sword of Damocles'

Ex-broker charged with litany of offenses — including fleecing church
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 12, 2012
Ex-broker charged with litany of offenses — including fleecing church

Police claims James Scott McKee stole $584K from three investor; Finra alleges rep deceived clients for more than five years

Rejiggering at UBS wealth management 'a big deal for retail'
WIREHOUSES APR 11, 2012
Rejiggering at UBS wealth management 'a big deal for retail'

Bob Mulholland, who was head of the wealth-management adviser group, was named head of wealth management and investment solutions