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 Mar

Morningstar slams InvestorWeb claim

Morningstar has rejected comments from InvestorWeb chief executive Otto Buttula that the purchase of research data from them by InvestorWeb makes up more than a third of ...

Financial planning

28 Mar

Morningstar rejects claim

Morningstar has rejected comments from InvestorWeb chief executive Otto Buttula that the purchase of research data from them by InvestorWeb makes up more than a third of ...

Financial planning

26 Mar

OFM hits early success on stock market

OFM Investment Group, the financial services and property investments company which came about as part of the demutualisation of the Over 50s Mutual Friendly Society, has...

Financial planning

21 Mar

Departures highlight need for exit plans

THE RECENT departure of Greg Perry from Colonial highlights the critical role of key people in an organisation. Perry has stated many times in the past that he is ably su...

Financial planning

21 Mar

TFS set to merge

The Personal Investment Planners (PIP) and Total Financial Solutions (TFS) dealer groups will merge as part of a bid to boost their equity offering to financial planners ...

Financial planning

21 Mar

Van Eyk set to sell to Mercer

Van Eyk Research has confirmed it is in discussions with wholesale research group William M. Mercer regarding a deal that would result in van Eyk being sold completely to...

Financial planning

21 Mar

Spiers signs with ASX

Former ING Financial Planning chief executive Mark Spiers has announced his re-emergence in the industry by taking on the role of ASX FundConnect project director....

Financial planning

21 Mar

InvestorWeb chops Morningstar data deal

Research house InvestorWeb will phase out the purchase of raw data from Morningstar as it seeks to create its own, depriving the latter of a sizeable portion of its reven...

Financial planning

21 Mar

Dawson departs in Chifley Financial Services restructure

Chifley Financial Services has undergone a restructure under its new owners which has resulted in the departure of the financial planning general manager Peter Dawson....

Financial planning

21 Mar

Before the fall comes pride

The link between advice and implementation should be broken, according to TOM COLLINS, and this means a re-examination of the thorny issues of commissions and disclosure....