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

15 May

Assirt appoints new head of ratings

Assirt Research has named Kathleen Cave as its new head of ratings filling the position left empty since the departure of John Parrish in July last year....

Financial planning

15 May

UBS wins again

UBS Global Asset Management (GAM) has repeated its success in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year Award by taking out top honours with a second back to b...

Financial planning

02 May

Badging means survival for providers

Badging’s success is unrivalled in getting planners to make use of them. Jason Spits looks at where the numbers fall....

Funds management

02 May

UBS takes out Fund Manager of the Year again

UBS Global Asset Management has repeated its success in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year Award by taking out top honours with a second back-to-back wi...

Funds management

01 May

Principal listed property team resigns

The listed property team at Principal Global Investors (PGI) will leave the group in a month after its three members, Stuart Stuckey, Mark Thorpe-Apps and Ern Koh, resign...

Financial planning

01 May

Symetry to expand platform services

The Symetry investment platform has flagged an extensive expansion program moving beyond its current master trust business into a range of dealer services and client acce...

Financial planning

01 May

Cuffe takes reins at Challenger as merger pushes on

CPH Investment Corporation (CPHIC) chief executive Chris Cuffe will take on the role of acting chief executive at Challenger as the two groups today announced they had si...

Financial planning

15 Apr

Tower names new risk executives

Tower Australia has reinforced its move back into the risk insurance side of the industry with the appointment of two senior executives in the group’s sales and distribut...

Financial planning

14 Apr

AM Corp names walk as IOOF takes the keys

A number of senior AM Corporation staff, including managing director Trevor Howell and group general manager Graham Davison, have left the group after its purchase by IOO...

Financial planning

14 Apr

Centrestone makes its next purchase

Centrestone Wealth Management has pushed on with its plans to purchase other planning practices with its first external acquisition, ProVision Financial....