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

18 Apr

Planners must break bad habits

Typical planning practices are caught in a cycle of continuing to do business in certain ways because they have always been done in that matter according to BT Funds Mana...

Financial planning

18 Apr

Confidence in planners still needs work

Investors continue to be sceptical about the quality of financial planning advice and that vested interests are being promoted by the advisory market ahead of the needs o...

Financial planning

15 Apr

Sealcorp boosts adviser offerings through Wealthpoint

Sealcorp has increased the links it has with St George stablemate Wealthpoint by announcing that it will introduce the latter’s online practice management tools to the 45...

Financial planning

11 Apr

Adviser Ratings under fire from FPA

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has forced the Adviser Ratings group into a back down over its plans to publish a ranking of financial planners....

Financial planning

11 Apr

Watchdogs to test industry

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) will engage in a survey of the financial planning industry des...

Financial planning

11 Apr

Portfolio Links serves up unlimited menu wrap

Sydney based financial services Group, Portfolio Links, has launched what it is calling the next generation wrap account, promising to set no limits on the range of asset...

Financial planning

11 Apr

Agribusiness immature, desperate for reform

The agribusiness industry has some serious hurdles to overcome if it is to become part of the mainstream of investments recommended by financial advisers in Australia....

Financial planning

11 Apr

APIR breaks codes barrier

APIR, the Canberra based industry organisation which supplies codes to unit trust products, now has 10,000 active products listed and coded, according to managing directo...

Financial planning

03 Apr

Adding a new dimension to fund research

Despite crunching the numbers on managed funds, Lynne Curtis says 5Di will go beyond fund research and offer planners and clients a new take on investments. JASON SPITS r...