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

28 Aug

S&P unveils fee model for fund manager ratings

Research house Standard and Poor’s (S&P) will not charge up front fees to funds management groups to be rated marking a departure from its globally used pricing system....

Financial planning

25 Aug

Strategic pushes ahead as Finium

Master trust provider Strategic Investments will change its name to Finium Financial Services as part of a relaunch designed to distance itself from other groups and emph...

Financial planning

22 Aug

Time to seek new advice models

The financial services industry’s preoccupation with large-scale business operations is creating significant performance issues for bigger players in the industry, argues...

Financial planning

22 Aug

FICS ruling slams into advice

Financial planners and dealer groups may be held liable for incidental advice or even casual comments after a recent decision by the Financial Industry Complaints Service...

Financial planning

20 Aug

Fund flows bounce back

The managed funds industry has recorded positive inflows for the first time this year after total assets under management rose to $670 billion at the end of June, a $37 b...

Life/Risk

19 Aug

Life insurance still in grip of tough times

The long term profit outlook for the life insurance market will remain poor for the immediate future as it remains linked to the low performance of equity markets and sad...

Funds management

15 Aug

Rocky road ahead for hedge funds

Hedge funds may have prospered from a move to absolute returns in recent years but strong performance figures are no guarantee they will continue to benefit argues Goldma...

Financial planning

13 Aug

Software support is OnCue

Two former IWL staff, Laila Khodr, Jenny Lee-Koksal and one of the creators of Visiplan, Robert Green, have set up a new group aimed at helping advisers purchase and full...

Financial planning

13 Aug

452 Capital to restrict new inflows

452 Capital, the boutique funds management operation started by ex-Perpetual senior analyst Peter Morgan, will refrain from taking on any further large-scale clients for ...

Financial planning

12 Aug

New standards laws will lower PI costs: FPA

A national scheme of professional standards legislation will lower the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance and remove restrictions on the services offered by fi...