Jay Clayton’s legacy as chairman of the SEC. Plus, broker pay cuts, the upside of outsourcing asset management, and the quirky investigation of a lawyer who does nothing but expunge client complaints from brokers’ records

Episode 2

The momentum continues with the second weekly episode of the InvestmentNews Podcast, where senior columnists Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly take opposing sides of some important issues facing the wealth management industry.

This week Jeff and Bruce scratch beneath the surface of SEC chairman Jay Clayton’s contributions to the financial services industry, what recourse brokers have when consolidation leads to pay cuts, why outsourcing makes sense for advisers, how financial service industry professional sometimes talk when clients aren’t around, and Doc Kennedy’s legal wrangling. Keep the conversation going on twitter @InvestmentNews

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