Jason Spits

Jason has been writing on financial services since 1999 and has worked on a number of trade media titles in both a full time and freelance capacity. He joined Money Management in 2013 in the role of Senior Journalist.

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Financial planning

20 Jun

Who would notice if you were gone?

Many people will seldom pay a second thought to those people in their lives who provide a service but yet remain relatively unknown to them....

Financial planning

20 Jun

Industry employees hit hard by poor performance

A fair days wage for a fair days work is still the catchcry for most working people but does the same apply to the financial services industry. Jason Spits looks at what ...

Financial planning

20 Jun

Business development managers work hard for the money

They are the public face of a funds management group, and like portfolio managers, have much of their efforts rewarded on a performance basis. At the same time they are h...

Financial planning

20 Jun

Deakin on hunt for an additional 100 planners

The Deakin Financial Services Group is on the hunt for nearly 100 further planners and will set up its own master trust and front end software systems after a marathon me...

Financial planning

17 Jun

ACA slams lack of planner independence

The chief executive of the Australian Consumer Association (ACA) Lousie Sylvan has criticised the financial planning industry for low levels of disclosure and for the fal...

Financial planning

11 Jun

End of year spells down time for super

Most superannuation funds will face a less than rosy end to the financial year with prediction that they will see out the 12 months with negative returns....

Financial planning

03 Jun

Master trusts drive super fund growth

The growing use of master trusts in public offer corporate superannuation has continued to boost funds under management and member levels, according to a survey conducted...

Financial planning

30 May

IRS offers new solutions

Two ex-employees of major research houses, Angela Ashton and Amanda Crowley, have set up their own independent research group, Investment Research Solutions (IRS)....

Financial planning

30 May

5Di rolls out own funds

Specialist investment research group 5Di will expand its operations and move into supplying its own manage the manager (MTM) style investment funds....

Financial planning

30 May

FPA to dig deep into heart of industry

The Financial Planning Association (FPA)will undertake five surveys in an ambitious move to gauge the state of the industry and its own place within it as the peak indust...