Jason Spits

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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2 September 2015

Financial advisers relying on risk commissions should consider moving to fee based advice, with the Life Insurance Framework set to hit commission based cashflow for at l...

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2 September 2015

Pension transfers from the UK may re-open to a limited group of people with the admission of one new fund, a SMSF vehicle, to the register of approved schemes....

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1 September 2015

The Association of Financial Advisers claims critics of its handling of the LIF outcome need to appreciate the political realities....

31 August 2015

ISA will continue to push back against banks moving into the default super fund space with an advertising campaign urging employers to not pick banks for default funds....

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31 August 2015

IOOF has made changes to its research division and will implement changes around breach reporting but claims there were not serious breakdowns in its internal systems....

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30 August 2015

Predatory legal claims around TPD insurance should be rejected, with many jumping the gun and easily able to be defeated, according to a lawyer working in the insurance a...

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30 August 2015

Factor investing will continue to attract investors disappointed in active and passive investments but blended strategies may also expose investors to risks....

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30 August 2015

Quantitative investing is likely to return to investor’s portfolios as they seek more uncorrelated investment options and move past seeing the strategy as a ‘black box’ a...

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30 August 2015

Boutique manager, Pengana, signs distribution deal with US manager to boost international equities offerings....

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30 August 2015

Betashares has expanded its exchange traded funds suite with the addition of two currency hedged funds focusing on returns from US equity exposures....

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