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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More Wells Fargo execs follow Kowach to startup
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 11, 2023
More Wells Fargo execs follow Kowach to startup

Launched over the summer, &Partners is replete with executives from Wells Fargo Advisors.

Will rising interest rates spark SEC crackdown?
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 08, 2023
Will rising interest rates spark SEC crackdown?

Some broker-dealers are 'in a bit of a pickle' due to how they invested client cash, industry executive says.

Criticism of Blackstone mortgage REIT shows 'froth' draining from market
ALTERNATIVES DEC 07, 2023
Criticism of Blackstone mortgage REIT shows 'froth' draining from market

Financial advisors often recommend REITs as a way to generate income in retirement.

Online brokers misstep in securities lending: Finra
FINTECH DEC 06, 2023
Online brokers misstep in securities lending: Finra

'Who were the accountants? Lending securities can be lucrative,' a compliance executive says.

Wells Fargo's indy group, FiNet, bumps up fee for big advisors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 05, 2023
Wells Fargo's indy group, FiNet, bumps up fee for big advisors

What's not clear is how many FiNet advisors will feel the sting of the fee increase.

UBS is latest firm OK'd by NFL players union
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 05, 2023
UBS is latest firm OK'd by NFL players union

More than two decades old, the NFLPA's registered player financial advisor program for years was limited to individual financial advisors.

Giant RIAs in old-fashioned donnybrook for advisors and clients
RIA NEWS DEC 04, 2023
Giant RIAs in old-fashioned donnybrook for advisors and clients

Edelman Financial Engines is suing Mariner Wealth Advisors, alleging that Mariner is poaching its clients and running Edelman out of business.

Nashville B-D that sold GWG bonds closing down
ALTERNATIVES NOV 30, 2023
Nashville B-D that sold GWG bonds closing down

The securities industry has a long, sad history of firms going out of business after a product like GWG bonds fails.

Wells Fargo loses another executive, this time to LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 29, 2023
Wells Fargo loses another executive, this time to LPL

Jim McHale is the new chief compliance officer at LPL Financial.

Sometime broker charged in Vermont shootings
RIA NEWS NOV 28, 2023
Sometime broker charged in Vermont shootings

Eaton's on-and-off career most recently had him working at CUSO Financial Services.