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

22 Jun

Speight linked to Wattle

Fijian coup leader George Speight has been linked with the Wattle Group pyramid in-vestment scheme which lost more than $165 million of investor’s funds....

Financial planning

22 Jun

Planners snub CFP proposal

A proposal for a separate non-practitioner Certified Financial Planner (CFP) mark has been de-feated by strong opposition from elements within the US financial planning i...

Financial planning

22 Jun

E*Trade plugs into advice

E*Trade in the US will team up with accounting and consulting giant, Ernst & Young to provide online financial planning, according to reports in the New York Times. Both ...

Financial planning

22 Jun

FPA slams last minute tax changes

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has slammed last minute changes to the GST and Ralph inspired new tax system which will slug planners with thousands of dollars o...

Financial planning

22 Jun

Speight linked to Wattle

Fijian coup leader George Speight has been linked with the Wattle Group pyramid in-vestment scheme which lost more than $165 million of investor’s funds....

Financial planning

22 Jun

Building on the good name of Bongiorno

Back in the early 1960s an enterprising student at Melbourne University struck a deal with some of his fellow students. Four years later, that student had his own accoun...

Financial planning

22 Jun

Banks to drive financial services online

Banks cost cutting will be the key drivers of e-commerce into the future, according to InvestorWeb director of online and media services, Mark Maley....

Financial planning

13 Jun

New leader for Tower Trust

The restructure of Tower Trust in Australia and New Zealand has resulted in the appointment of Colin Baxter to the role of managing director for operations in both countr...

Financial planning

09 Jun

Fiji coup leader linked to failed Wattle scheme

The leader of the Fijian coup, George Speight, has links back to the local financial serv-ices industry according to comments made in the NSW Parliament on Wednesday....

Financial planning

08 Jun

Advisers take client view on products

Private banks are no longer prepared to run a closed shop when it comes to prod-ucts and quite freely use products from institutions other than those of their em-ployers....