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

29 Apr

AMP flags adviser service improvements

AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has earmarked an extension of services to its top flight financial planners operating under its Platinum Group initiative which will also i...

Accounting

21 Apr

Accountants urge better super for self-employed

The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) and CPA Australia (CPAA) have urged the Federal Government to bring the superannuation treatment of self employed people in ...

Financial planning

19 Apr

ING places platforms under new name

ING will re-brand its wrap services across its business under a single name, PortfolioOne, after relaunching the products to its internal and external adviser clients lat...

Financial planning

16 Apr

Sealcorp outlines future for advisers and platform

The Sealcorp-owned advisory group Securitor will extend its services into estate planning and enhance the research it offers to advisers in the area of alternative invest...

Financial planning

13 Apr

Finium expands international line-up

Master trust provider Finium Financial Services has announced changes to its International Shares Pool within the Finium Super Master Plan, following the firm’s decision ...

Financial planning

13 Apr

Glebe shifts focus from retail to church groups

Glebe Asset Management will ease back its marketing to the retail financial services space and concentrate on mandates from Anglican church groups in Australia and overse...

Financial planning

13 Apr

Palandri heads offshore for capital raising

Agribusiness investment group Palandri will raise $8 million on the secondary market of the London Stock Exchange with the capital raising used to partly refinance $7 mil...

Financial planning

07 Apr

ASIC serves disclosure notice to tied advice groups

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put institutions with aligned advisers on notice after a recent surveillance project found that commission...

Financial planning

06 Apr

FPA moves to external education provision

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has confirmed long running speculation regarding its education progam by ceasing to offer education to members directly, and will...

Financial planning

05 Apr

Rating methods mystify managers

How a rating house conducts its research has been a contentious issue for some time, but as Jason Spits writes, fund managers are still seeking an open and wide-ranging p...