The InvestmentNews Podcast

The InvestmentNews Podcast

With Bruce Kelly

  • July 8, 2024
  • By Bruce Kelly

Veteran financial reporter Bruce Kelly takes the listener beyond the page, into the heart of the story. With exclusive interviews of industry leaders and the host’s depth of knowledge, this podcast dives deep into a few select topics. The listener will gain new insight into the financial services industry, while Bruce keeps it all moving with a lighthearted approach.

The Host

Bruce Kelly has written for InvestmentNews for more than two decades. He writes primarily about the brokerage industry and its myriad facets, from adviser pay and product sales to M&A.

Recent episodes
  • Episode 10
  • Aug 24, 2020

Mixing politics and financial advice is a dangerous cocktail

Financial advisers showing their political colors on social media should be prepared to suffer the consequences, which are rarely positive. Hosts Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly also discuss the drop-off in broker recruiting, whether bonds still make sense, a bad broker, and how New York might recover from the Covid-19 beat down.

Mixing politics and financial advice is a dangerous cocktail
  • Episode 9
  • Aug 17, 2020

Sell baby sell! Merrill Lynch pulls the reins in on trainee program

This week’s episode kicks off with a look at Merrill Lynch’s headache trying to manage broker trainees who are learning to cold call from home. Hosts Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly also discuss how Morgan Stanley will absorb the ETrade custody business, the realities of buffered ETFs, the driving force behind RIA consolidation, and the incredible access to industry execs in the age of Covid.

Sell baby sell! Merrill Lynch pulls the reins in on trainee program
  • Episode 8
  • Aug 11, 2020

The big juicy pork chop

Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly analyze LPL Financial’s latest effort to stay ahead of the recruiting curve by offering what Bruce describes as a “big, juicy pork chop” to employee advisers. This episode also looks at the latest departure from TD Ameritrade, what will happen to ETrade’s custody business, and what’s up with all the 'chiefs' populating corporate America.

The big juicy pork chop
  • Episode 7
  • Aug 03, 2020

Will ESG be allowed in 401(k) plans? Special Guest Mark Schoeff weighs in

Co-hosts Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly challenge InvestmentNews colleague Mark Schoeff on why ESG strategies often don’t find their way onto company sponsored retirement plan menus. This episode also looks at the sad regulatory record of Purshe Kaplan Sterling, why Vanguard shut down $1 billion mutual fund, what second-quarter earnings reports say about the future of wealth management, and how the lockdown is impacting industry gossip channels.

Will ESG be allowed in 401(k) plans? Special Guest Mark Schoeff weighs in
  • Episode 6
  • Jul 27, 2020

Schwab-TD mega merger w/ special guest Dani Fava

Jeff and Bruce get the details on Dani Fava’s celebrated move to Envestnet and why it matters to advisers. After that, they dissect the missing assets at GPB Capital, explain the pros and cons of zero-fee ETFs, look at the headaches of fintech platform consolidations, and ask whether Covid-19 is becoming a standard excuse for bad customer service.

Schwab-TD mega merger w/ special guest Dani Fava