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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FSC has claimed the average MySuper fund offered by its members have outperformed the equivalent offering from industry funds...

Financial planners will still remain a necessary part of equities research as clients will continue to require guidance on risk and market exposure according to an online...

Melbourne based advice group to boost its compliance and retrain advisers after ASIC raised concerns about appropriateness of SMSF related advice....

Research house claims the departure of PIMCO’s Bill Gross not a cause for alarm with PIMCO funds offered in Australia still regarded as high quality....

ASIC has suspended the licence of a boutique planning group for three months for a failure to comply with its compliance obligations...

Specialised services offering to wrap up SMSF was not an adverse trend but a sign of the maturing of the SMSF sector....

Financial services providers may not be able to rely on proposed changes to proportionate liability laws in spreading the costs of damages in disputes, particularly where...

ASIC reports it has refused applications for relief including one from a planner who requested the use of the word ‘independent’ to describe their practice....

The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) has indicated it will release the sector’s first managed accounts directory in a bid to develop the market faster and al...

New entrants should welcome change for the benefits it brings for clients...

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