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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Former Astarra Asset Management director Eugene Liu will remain banned from providing financial services after the AAT affirmed ASIC’s original banning order....

Life insurers operating in the group risk area ignored warnings from APRA that price reductions and soft underwriting practices would affect profitability...

Mariner has stated it would not take an active part in proceedings by ASIC against former directors but did not consent to Court orders sought by ASIC or admit to any all...

The Macquarie Group has announced a $678 million half year profit with its banking and financial services and managed funds business contributing heavily to the group’s p...

ASIC has released figures stating it could conduct surveillance of top 50 planning groups in 18 months....

Deferred lifetime annuities would cost the Federal Government nothing to introduce and would begin to have an immediate impact on retirement income savings, according to ...

The recent push by financial services institutions to lift education standards has resulted in women making up a majority of those being trained....

More high net worth individuals are seeking advice and are willing to pay for specialised services with many choosing to work with a single advice provider....

Two boutique non-aligned planning firms have joined Countplus subsidiary Total Financial Solutions (TFS) claiming they were attracted by its ‘independent’ culture and und...

The number of PI insurance providers is likely to grow but planners have been warned that not every service they provide will be covered....

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4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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