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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People & Products

22 Oct

IOOF names Brown as head of retail funds

IOOF has appointed ING head of funds management distribution Jarrod Brown as its new general manager for retail funds management....

People & Products

21 Oct

More departures at St George as Knox leaves Sealcorp

Sealcorp chief executive Ian Knox has stepped down from the job after more than four years in charge, extending a string of departures from St George owned businesses....

Financial planning

21 Oct

IWL to roll out risk tolerance and training tools

Financial planning software provider IWL will roll out further services with the addition of a risk tolerance testing tool and an online training service for financial pl...

Financial planning

20 Oct

Colonial First State retail funds suffer as platform takes the glory

Colonial First State has suffered a series of large outflows in key retail funds which has been masked by the success of FirstChoice which has shown record growth rocketi...

Financial planning

20 Oct

BT signs dealers to platform for five years

The BT Financial Group has struck a deal with six dealer groups renewing agreements to provide them with its wrap platform for a period of five years....

Financial planning

10 Oct

Platinum sticks with Macquarie

Platinum Asset Management and Macquarie Wrap Solutions have resolved a brief but public dispute after Platinum moved to withdraw its funds from the latter’s platform inve...

Superannuation

09 Oct

SISFA: No new designations for SMSFs

Financial advisers do not need to gain extra qualifications to advise on self-managed super funds (SMSFs), apart from the requirements of the Financial Services Reform Ac...

Financial planning

07 Oct

FPA names new chief executive

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the appointment of Kerrie Kelly as its new chief executive....

Financial planning

07 Oct

FPA moves on soft dollar

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has embarked on a disclosure campaign with a specific focus on soft dollar as part of its effort to improve professional standard...

Financial planning

02 Oct

PIS banks on St George

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has struck a deal with St George to offer banking services through the dealer group’s financial planning offices....