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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4 August 2015

The decision to invest in ETFs is being driven by investors at present as advisers still come to terms with the growing product sector....

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4 August 2015

SMSF advice group Dixon Advisory has paid $20,000 in penalties related to potentially misleading claims around the costs and performance of SMSFs....

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4 August 2015

Privately owned financial planning group Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has signed another senior planner from a competitor, the second move of its kind in the past month....

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3 August 2015

The term robo-advice needs to be better defined as reflecting its current focus on compliance and risk profiling instead of actual advice, according to the head of an adv...

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2 August 2015

Digital and robo-advice has the potential to reduce costs on simple advice to around one-hundredth of their current levels, according to a cloud based platform provider....

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2 August 2015

Five megatrends that defy market cycles will change the investment market permanently over the long term claims a Zurich investment manager....

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2 August 2015

The focus on stability and move from volatility has led to the acceptance of lower returns instead of better approaches around investing....

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2 August 2015

Non-aligned financial services group Yellow Brick Road has signed a boutique manager to manage its newly launched YBR Protected Equities Fund....

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2 August 2015

Australian Unity property fund rating upgraded by research house, Lonsec from Investment Grade to Recommded...

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30 July 2015

The median Australian equity manager and super fund both posted negative returns for June but finished the financial year in the black....

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