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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Tiedemann SPAC deal clears major hurdle to listing
RIA NEWS OCT 21, 2022
Tiedemann SPAC deal clears major hurdle to listing

The RIA says a vote by the shareholders of the SPAC, Cartesian Growth Corp., to approve the deal has been scheduled for next month.

R.J. Moore stepping down as CEO of Private Advisor Group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 20, 2022
R.J. Moore stepping down as CEO of Private Advisor Group

Frank Smith, an LPL veteran who's the firm's current president, will succeed Moore as chief executive in mid-January.

Swamped by legal costs, broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection
ALTERNATIVES OCT 19, 2022
Swamped by legal costs, broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection

Atlanta-based Kalos Capital has been crushed by more than $9 million in legal fees and costs related to sales of GPB private placements.

Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG L bonds sues its insurers
ALTERNATIVES OCT 18, 2022
Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG L bonds sues its insurers

'No one is going to want to settle with broker-dealers over GWG claims until the bankruptcy is resolved,' an attorney said about the lawsuit filed by Emerson Equity.

Amid 2022 slowdown, RIA and tech SPAC deals sputter
ALTERNATIVES OCT 14, 2022
Amid 2022 slowdown, RIA and tech SPAC deals sputter

The promise of cold, hard cash tends to speed up time but how does that work in a bear market?

Daughter of New York Ponzi schemer gets more than 6 years in prison
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 13, 2022
Daughter of New York Ponzi schemer gets more than 6 years in prison

Over two decades, Vania May Bell and her father Hector May 'ruthlessly orchestrated' a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, according to the Feds.

Financial adviser guilty of fraud in case related to client's murder
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 10, 2022
Financial adviser guilty of fraud in case related to client's murder

The alleged killer, Keith Todd Ashley, tried to make his client's death look like a suicide.

Finra moving to slimmed down headquarters in D.C.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 06, 2022
Finra moving to slimmed down headquarters in D.C.

The change will offer the regulator's employees a hybrid approach that combines in-office and remote work.

Fisher Investments adviser snags Judge's history-making homer
ALTERNATIVES OCT 05, 2022
Fisher Investments adviser snags Judge's history-making homer

Cory Youmans, a vice president and investment adviser at Fisher in Plano, Texas, caught Aaron Judge's historic 62nd home run of the season Tuesday night.

Finra slaps UBS with $2.5 million fine over short-selling violations
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 04, 2022
Finra slaps UBS with $2.5 million fine over short-selling violations

It's the second time in as many weeks that Finra has penalized a firm for such trading problems.