Jason Spits

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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The economic policies enacted in China seem to indicate a market that is taking control of itself and setting its own direction. Yet under the surface many of the reforms...

ASIC has taken court action against a Byron Bay man who was operating a financial services business without an AFSL....

The departure of PIMCO founder, Bill Gross, resulted in the group facing outflows of more than 25 per cent...

The Trowbridge Report was “disappointing in its failure” to remove all forms of commission based remuneration from life insurance according to Industry Super Australia....

The licence of planning group Monitor Money has been cancelled by request of its owners ending nearly 40 years in the financial services market....

Forestry investment schemes collapsed as a result of ‘predatory wealth transfer’ from investors to banks aided by liquidators with conflicts of interest according to a NS...

Non-aligned planners and licensees will continue to grow driven by technology which is breaking the link to institutionally derived investment and asset allocation tools....

Licensees have been sending clients opt-out letters to seek permission to transfer files at the time of a sale but are not required to do so under law. ...

The content of the upcoming ASIC adviser register will not include actions taken by licensee and professional associations will only include information set by Government...

Current retirement strategies need to look beyond typical sources of income that are becoming mismatched to the increased longevity of retirees....

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