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 Oct

Perpetual pitches fund for wary investors

Perpertual Investments has added a fourth product to its diversified funds range with the addition of the Diversified Growth fund aimed at investors seeking moderate grow...

Financial planning

24 Oct

Growth of planning redefines key issues

This being my final contribution to Money Management from New York, a review of the big-picture trends shaping the US financial planning industry seemed a logical sign-of...

Policy & Regulation

24 Oct

Minister labels surcharge ‘bad tax’

The Minister for Financial Services Joe Hockey has labelled the superannuation surcharge as a bad tax but says it was necessary to cover some budget shortfalls inherited ...

Financial planning

23 Oct

US recession will be limited

The US economy will bounce back early next year and is showing some signs of strengthening already according to Putnam Investments senior vice president Gerald Colleary....

Financial planning

17 Oct

FPA compliance chair steps down

The Financial Planning Association’s National Compliance Committee and Professional Standards National Advisory Committee chairman James Doogue will step down from the po...

Funds management

15 Oct

Rothschild rolls out global hedge fund

Rothschild Australia Asset Management Limited (RAAM) has launched a global fund of hedge funds as part of an increasing suite of hedge funds products slated for release....

Financial planning

12 Oct

Investors Mutual expands fund offerings

Boutique funds management group Investors Mutual will launch two new funds before the end of the year as part of an expansion plan according to managing director Anton Ta...

Financial planning

21 Jun

Van Eyk lifts research

Van Eyk Research is about to roll out a set of research tools which will allow planners to construct portfolio models based on selections of various funds and managers....

Financial planning

21 Jun

Free to do as they please.

Despite the appearance of uniformity not every dealer group is the same when it comes to major issues of structure and business practice. Jason Spits looks at a Queenslan...

Financial planning

19 Jun

ATO tax scheme action too late

The Australian Tax Office has admitted it acted too late in disallowing a number of tax schemes according to the Commissioner of Taxation Michael Carmody....