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

25 Mar

ITC boss hits the road pre-float

Integrated Tree Cropping (ITC) managing director Tony Jack has left the company days prior to its listing and has been temporary replaced by Futuris Corporation chief exe...

Financial planning

22 Mar

Advisers demand more from research houses

Financial planners believe that managed funds research houses should provide more information on market trends and institutional ownership is a conflict of interest, acco...

People & Products

19 Mar

Bleakley joins ING advice executive

Former Bridges Financial Services managing director David Bleakley will join ING as the RetireInvest board chair, Tandem director and chair of the Investment Selection Co...

Financial planning

18 Mar

ASIC moves against former Saxby adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a former Saxby Bridge Financial Planning adviser from acting in the industry after it f...

Financial planning

18 Mar

Key staff depart FPA with education future undecided

The recent restructure of the FPA has not stemmed staff departures with public policy and government relations manager Con Hristodoulidis and international and certificat...

Financial planning

17 Mar

Symetry offers bigger slice to advisers

Investment platform provider Symetry has opened its third ownership sharing plan to advisers, offering an equity stake to more dealer groups....

Financial planning

16 Mar

Assirt focuses on sector analysis

Managed funds research house Assirt has restructured its research analysts along sector lines ahead of a recategorisation of some funds....

Financial planning

12 Mar

Govt seeks fee disclosure resolution from associations

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Ross Cameron has written to the chief executives of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (AFSA) and the...

Financial planning

10 Mar

Labor calls for super amendments

The Federal Opposition is proposing a series of changes to the Government's Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill 2003 stating the amendments will “safeguard the superannu...

Financial planning

08 Mar

Former adviser hit by Queensland court

A former Queensland investment adviser has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in relation to 17 charges of misappropriation and one of forgery....