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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Schwab creates new limits to RIAs using long-short, separately managed accounts
ALTERNATIVES APR 23, 2026
Schwab creates new limits to RIAs using long-short, separately managed accounts

Schwab is following Fidelity in tightening guidance of RIAs using such strategies.

Beneficient, GWG chair used phony, backdated documents in scheme to defraud millions, founder’s cousin testifies
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 23, 2026
Beneficient, GWG chair used phony, backdated documents in scheme to defraud millions, founder’s cousin testifies

Meanwhile, right-hand man of Bradley Heppner, founder of Beneficient, is scheduled to testify Thursday.

Old Schorsch REIT, National Healthcare Properties, to start trading this week
ALTERNATIVES APR 21, 2026
Old Schorsch REIT, National Healthcare Properties, to start trading this week

According to the company, National Healthcare Properties expects its IPO price to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share.

Feds charge ex-Western International Securities broker with fraud
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 21, 2026
Feds charge ex-Western International Securities broker with fraud

Jeffrey Thomas Higgins allegedly took clients' money for 17 years.

Cousin of GWG boss Heppner to testify against him in trial
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 20, 2026
Cousin of GWG boss Heppner to testify against him in trial

The trial of Bradley Heppner, the former chair of GWG Holdings and a closely linked company, Beneficient, starts Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.

Ex-broker at center of alleged church rip off scam, New York charges
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 17, 2026
Ex-broker at center of alleged church rip off scam, New York charges

Olof Olsson, a former broker with Aegis Capital Corp., allegedly stole $3.8 million from the Swedish Church of New York.

Time has not changed Nick Schorsch
OPINION APR 16, 2026
Time has not changed Nick Schorsch

A new magazine profile of the former nontraded REIT czar focuses on Schorsch’s buying binge of restaurants in Rhode Island.

Private credit is having its Big Boy moment, according to Morgan Stanley’s CEO
WIREHOUSES APR 15, 2026
Private credit is having its Big Boy moment, according to Morgan Stanley’s CEO

Meanwhile, recruiting financial advisors is up at Bank of America and attrition is down, its CEO says.

LPL’s latest deal? Buying advisors from Mariner it already works with
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 14, 2026
LPL’s latest deal? Buying advisors from Mariner it already works with

Mariner Advisor Network was targeted to recruit and hire independent advisors.

iCapital conflicts on display during private credit mess
ALTERNATIVES APR 13, 2026
iCapital conflicts on display during private credit mess

Its investors include a number of Wall Street’s leading firms and alternative investment managers.