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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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2010
AIG's broker-dealer network loses another star rep

Latest to leave embattled firm since the federal government's bailout of American International Group Inc., the broker-dealer network's parent company

Recruiting flurry at LPL eases up — for now
RIA NEWS APR 28, 2010
Recruiting flurry at LPL eases up — for now

The number of net new reps and advisers at the B-D declined considerably during the first quarter. Still, the company's CFO says the swing to independent advice is a 'longer-term trend'

RIA NEWS APR 28, 2010
B-D roll-up boosts LPL's earnings

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 26, 2010
B-Ds fight back against litigation on Reg D offerings

Two broker-dealers are coming out swinging against investors and securities regulators who are looking for redress over the sale of private placements that went belly up last year.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2010
Securities America slams Massachusetts over private-placement suit

The broker-dealer has fired back at a state regulator with some stinging accusations of ignorance.

RIA NEWS APR 23, 2010
Looking back

Thomas James readily admits that his impending departure from Raymond James Financial Inc., whose roots go back to a firm founded by his father in 1962, is bittersweet.

HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2010
HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme

Investors claim Curtis Lyman sold them promissory notes in a feeder fund for $1.4B scam

Data theft once again puts LPL clients at risk
RIA NEWS APR 20, 2010
Data theft once again puts LPL clients at risk

In a security snafu, an unencrypted storage device was apparently stolen from a rep's car.

Four NYC reps sue LPL for discrimination
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 20, 2010
Four NYC reps sue LPL for discrimination

Firm sued by four reps for ethnic slurs allegedly made by a sales manager

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 15, 2010
Jeremy Shockey says ex-teammate ain't no saint, sues over alleged tax credit fraud

Kevin Houser played with the New Orleans Saints from 2000 to 2008. Now, his former teammate Jeremy Shockey — and others — claim the Securities America-affiliated rep ripped them off in an alleged tax scam.