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

05 Aug

Boag follows Boonzaier out of Tower

Tower Limited group chief operating executive Ken Boag will leave the group at the end of next week after the announcement last week that the group’s wealth management an...

Financial planning

01 Aug

Get ready to make history

IF YOU as a financial services professional think consumers have some way to go in understanding the nature of investments and the provision of advice, get ready for a bu...

Financial planning

31 Jul

Assirt Equities Research moves out of St George shadow

Assirt Equities Research has made a step away from St George and will take on a new name after the staff bought back a controlling stake in the business....

Financial planning

29 Jul

Offshore super unfairly slugged

The Senate Select Committee on Superannuation has reported its findings stating that the current system for taxing transfers from foreign superannuation was too heavy and...

Financial planning

26 Jul

Bendigo set to make move on IOOF shares

The Bendigo Bank is looking to buy up to 10 per cent of the share in IOOF holdings and will approach shareholders with an cash payment offer of $2.70 per share....

Financial planning

26 Jul

Chifley planners head to the negotiation table

FINANCIAL planners with Chifley Financial Services will head to the negotiation table after the group wrote to the planners withdrawing its unilateral change in the plann...

Financial planning

26 Jul

Where will the numbers come from?

READERS of Money Management will have seen stories about financial planning dealer groups that have talked up their future growth plans. These are usually based on the gr...

Life/Risk

26 Jul

Recommending trauma insurance to clients

Trauma insurance grew out of the early 80’s Critical Illness insurance developed in South Africa. Since that time this type of insurance has spread across the globe and i...

Life/Risk

26 Jul

Risk insurance stakes its claim

Are you thinking that risk insurance is not the force it once was? Well it may be time to think again as the product that built the industry re-asserts itself. JASON SPIT...

Financial planning

24 Jul

…as it looks to sell off trustee business

Tower Limited will sell its personal and corporate trustee business as part of an ongoing restructure of the group which began in December of last year....