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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People & Products

30 Sep

Fenning exits private banking business

Head of St George Private Bank, Tony Fenning, has resigned his post with the bank after taking up a position as chief executive officer with Tynan Mackenzie....

Financial planning

30 Sep

Ralph creates planner rethink

Financial planners will need to revisit their business plans, following the re-lease of the government's response to the Ralph report recommendations....

Financial planning

16 Sep

Deloittes on recruitment drive into financial advice

While at least one Big Five accounting firm moves out of financial planning, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu plans to grow its operations significantly....

Financial planning

16 Sep

FPA says we're ready for standards

Minimum standards for the training of authorised representatives by licensees and principals released last week are not expected to pose much of a threat to most finan-c...

Financial planning

16 Sep

Technology investment fund opens

Financial planners with clients seeking to capitalise on the growth in the tech-nology sector can now take advantage of the recently launched Technology Invest-ment Fund....

Life/Risk

16 Sep

Legislation has life insurance reeling

Financial services groups are reeling under the strain of a massive upheaval of their businesses once the implications of the GST and the upcoming Ralph Report hit home. ...

Funds management

16 Sep

All Ords changes pave the way for fund manager comparisons

Proposed changes to the All Ordinaries Index will allow better comparisons of fund managers and their claimed styles, according to industry pundits....

People & Products

16 Sep

Justin Hooper joins Ipac

High profile South African financial planner Justin Hooper has joined Ipac as man-ager of financial planning advisers....

Financial planning

06 Sep

Life companies get double hit.

The series of changes circulating through the finance industry has be-come daunting. The implications of GST and the upcoming Ralph Re-port loom large for all concerned b...

Financial planning

02 Sep

Get the CFP mark of approval

Since its launch in 1992, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation has been setting the standard in professional and educational requirements for the financial p...