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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GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives
ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2022
GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives

GWG was a 'classic Ponzi scheme,' according to a group representing investors.

Plenty of nontraded REIT liquidity to go around: Report
ALTERNATIVES DEC 20, 2022
Plenty of nontraded REIT liquidity to go around: Report

Meanwhile, 2022 has been another excellent year for sales of alternative investments, according to the report from Robert A. Stanger & Co.

Aaron Judge baseball caught by adviser auctioned for $1.5 million
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Aaron Judge baseball caught by adviser auctioned for $1.5 million

Cory Youmans, an adviser in Plano, Texas, snagged Judge’s historic 62nd home run of the season on Oct. 4.

This year should have been worse for broker-dealers
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2022
This year should have been worse for broker-dealers

One of the big themes in 2022 was how well the broad retail wealth management industry has insulated itself from the downside of the bust part of the cycle.

Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 16, 2022
Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families

The pilot, Jeffrey Weiss, had been a financial adviser with Raymond James & Associates in Houston.

At LPL Financial, advisory assets are far sweeter than brokerage
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 15, 2022
At LPL Financial, advisory assets are far sweeter than brokerage

An LPL presentation on the return on various types of assets shows the age of advisory assets and fees has arrived in the broad financial advice industry.

Nontraded REIT math is still bedeviling
ALTERNATIVES DEC 14, 2022
Nontraded REIT math is still bedeviling

This market is triggering some tricky math for nontraded REITs, and it's the bean counting behind proration that could prove tormenting.

Finra fines Edward Jones $1.1 million over bungled phone records
FINTECH DEC 14, 2022
Finra fines Edward Jones $1.1 million over bungled phone records

The firm used two locations to store phone records, which caused a confused response to Finra document requests in investigations, according to the regulator.

Former broker, insurance agent arrested in California on fraud charges
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 13, 2022
Former broker, insurance agent arrested in California on fraud charges

Gautam Arora allegedly defrauded four victims out of $100,000 to secure investments that didn't exist.

Nontraded REIT chickens come home to roost at wirehouses, RIAs
ALTERNATIVES DEC 09, 2022
Nontraded REIT chickens come home to roost at wirehouses, RIAs

The liquidity issue is squarely in the laps of financial advisers who have never had to deal with the difficulties posed by nontraded REITs before.