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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Comerica to use Ameriprise as broker-dealer for  100 advisors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 06, 2023
Comerica to use Ameriprise as broker-dealer for 100 advisors

Ameriprise jumped into the bank broker market in 2017 when it acquired Investment Professionals Inc.

Investors keep dumping Blackstone REIT shares
ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2023
Investors keep dumping Blackstone REIT shares

But investors looked to redeem fewer BREIT shares in February than in January, potentially a positive sign for the company.

SEC charges Virginia advisor with fraud
ALTERNATIVES MAR 02, 2023
SEC charges Virginia advisor with fraud

The advisor, Ryan R. Riley, also pleaded guilty in a criminal manner and was ordered to pay restitution of at least $434,000.

LPL facing SEC investigation into unapproved personal devices
FINTECH MAR 01, 2023
LPL facing SEC investigation into unapproved personal devices

LPL's disclosure follows a crackdown by US regulators on financial firms' failure to monitor employee communications on messaging apps.

January was worst month for retail nontraded REITs sales since 2009
ALTERNATIVES FEB 28, 2023
January was worst month for retail nontraded REITs sales since 2009

According to investment bank Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc., January nontraded REIT sales to retail investors totaled just $596 million.

Merrill Private Wealth promotes Hans to lead unit
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 27, 2023
Merrill Private Wealth promotes Hans to lead unit

For the last six years, Lindsay Hans has headed Merrill's Northeast and Mid Atlantic Divisions. She succeeds Don Plaus, who's retiring.

Focus Financial Partners says it's being bought, as expected
ALTERNATIVES FEB 27, 2023
Focus Financial Partners says it's being bought, as expected

The firm, which has been a dealmaking machine since it launched in 2004, will go private as a result of its acquisition by private equity manager Clayton Dubilier & Rice.

Thomas H. Lee bought RIAs before anyone else
ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2023
Thomas H. Lee bought RIAs before anyone else

After leaving Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2006, he started another firm, Lee Equity Partners, that made a handful of significant transactions in wealth management shops.

LPL taps Schwab veteran for RIA growth
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 23, 2023
LPL taps Schwab veteran for RIA growth

Julian Lopez will focus on LPL's relationships with independent advisors.

Oppenheimer fails to overturn $36.7 million arbitration loss
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 22, 2023
Oppenheimer fails to overturn $36.7 million arbitration loss

The firm lost the huge arbitration decision, which was decided by a Finra panel, last year to eight investors who were sold a private equity fund by a former Oppenheimer broker, John Woods.