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

26 Sep

Serhan leaves Assirt as sell rating introduced

Assirt associate director Anthony Serhan has left the research house on Friday of last week bringing the total number of departures from the group in recent months to fou...

Financial planning

26 Sep

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Fifteen years is a long time to be doing the same thing but in August this year Money Management entered into its 15th year of providing consistent and regular coverage o...

Financial planning

26 Sep

Hunters and gatherers stake their claims

DAVID Attenborough, looking at the financial planning landscape in the early 1990s, would have noted how the scene was dominated by relatively small, independent packs of...

Financial planning

26 Sep

Someone wants to steal your clients

By now most financial planners would have begun to send out the clients annual statements and some will be bracing for the phone calls questioning why there are negative ...

Financial planning

26 Sep

Put performance first and personalities second

IN THE weeks since Westpac announced the purchase of BT, alongside that of Sagitta, speculation has been rife about who will stay, what jobs they will hold and who will l...

Financial planning

26 Sep

Life groups build adviser support

LIFE insurance houses have finally admitted what the funds management industry has known for some time – that third party financial planners hold the reins when distribut...

Financial planning

26 Sep

FPA board election brings out the big names

MORE than a dozen people have indicated they will run for one of four positions up for election on the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA)....

Financial planning

24 Sep

Investor Group looks at its shares options

Investor Group has cancelled nearly 14 million share options held by employees of the group, who will receive a nominal cash payment in advance of the introduction of a d...

Financial planning

23 Sep

Democrats offer Government deal on super package

The Australian Democrats have today proposed major changes to the Government's $640 million superannuation tax incentives package as part of a deal to allow the package t...

Financial planning

19 Sep

Labour pans super portability paper

The Federal Government has released a paper outlining the implementation for its policy on the portability of superannuation but has come under immediate criticism from t...