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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Wholesalers at B-D that sold GWG bonds jump ship
ALTERNATIVES JUN 16, 2022
Wholesalers at B-D that sold GWG bonds jump ship

When wholesalers leave a broker-dealer en masse, it's a signal that the firm's efforts to sell more product and generate more revenue could be greatly hampered.

Another former head of Wells Fargo Advisors leaves the bank
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 15, 2022
Another former head of Wells Fargo Advisors leaves the bank

David Kowach is the second senior Wells Fargo executive with deep ties to wealth management to retire in the past two months.

Wells Fargo to focus on indie B-D business. For real
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 14, 2022
Wells Fargo to focus on indie B-D business. For real

Wells Fargo's IBD, FiNet, hasn't been 'a growth priority' for the wirehouse. Now it is. How has the strategy changed?

LPL sniffing around Philly broker-dealer: Report
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 13, 2022
LPL sniffing around Philly broker-dealer: Report

Boenning & Scattergood is nearing an expected restructuring and may sell its wealth management business, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Finra suspends, fines broker who flubbed Covid relief loan application
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 10, 2022
Finra suspends, fines broker who flubbed Covid relief loan application

Tameem Habib applied for the loan without telling his firm, J.P. Morgan Securities, that he had an outside business.

Reps at firm that sold GWG bonds wanted more exposure to risky alts: B-D execs
ALTERNATIVES JUN 09, 2022
Reps at firm that sold GWG bonds wanted more exposure to risky alts: B-D execs

Bill Hamm of IFP Securities said the SEC started its inquiries last year into broker-dealers that had sold GWG bonds.

Wirehouse recruiting losses have accelerated
WIREHOUSES JUN 07, 2022
Wirehouse recruiting losses have accelerated

In 2017, Morgan Stanley and UBS shook up the industry when they exited an agreement on recruiting brokers. Take a look at the data on brokers leaving the wirehouses before and after 2017.

Ex-broker who stole from pension plan gets 6½-year sentence
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 03, 2022
Ex-broker who stole from pension plan gets 6½-year sentence

John Sherman Jumper, a 17-year veteran of the securities industry, was based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Blackstone keeps eye on retail, Morgan Stanley open to more deals: Execs
ALTERNATIVES JUN 02, 2022
Blackstone keeps eye on retail, Morgan Stanley open to more deals: Execs

Blackstone's CEO says the firm sees a 'huge' opportunity with retail investors and advisers, while a Morgan Stanley executive talked about recent and potential acquisitions.

SEC orders San Diego B-D to pay $800,000 over fund share class disclosures
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 01, 2022
SEC orders San Diego B-D to pay $800,000 over fund share class disclosures

Madison Avenue Securities didn't disclose or didn't adequately disclose conflicts associated with compensation the firm received from certain advisory client investments.