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ASIC warns against fake investment group

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... Ltd are an unrelated dance studio, while calls to their various phone numbers no longer answered. ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said investors need to be cautious when offered unsolicited investment advice. "Making a few basic checks on your investment ...

ASIC highlights CFD compliance issues

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... money provisions are an important safeguard to protect the interests of retail investors," said ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer. "ASIC expects issuers to know and comply with their obligations under the law and to put in place effective measures and supervisory ...

ASIC appoints two new commissioners

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Peter Kell joins the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) on a five-year term from November, while Greg Tanzer has been appointed for four years from January. Michael Dwyer has decided not to renew his three-year term when it expires ...

Reverse mortgages, three years on

... with a reverse mortgage said it was 'like having a credit card with a $100,000 credit limit and no repayments'," said Greg Tanzer, ASIC's executive director of consumer protection. The report also revealed that a small number were expressing regrets ...

Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

... response to a significant increase in the number of these schemes operating in the Sydney metropolitan area," said Greg Tanzer, ASIC's executive director of consumer protection. He added that the schemes are often promoted by word-of-mouth and target ...

ASIC watching reverse mortgage materials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... responding to promotions for them for the right reasons," cautioned ASIC's executive director of consumer protection, Greg Tanzer. "The reverse mortgage market has more than doubled in the last 12 months and ASIC continues to be vigilant to ensure consumers ...

Email scams on ASIC hitlist

... bogus medical cons, to the Nigerian letters, to fake employment and money laundering schemes, to identity theft," said Greg Tanzer, ASIC's executive director of consumer protection. The regulator said that the top three scams and fraud complaints they ...

ASIC pleased with insurance industry

... rebuild your home, and most consumers require expert assistance', said ASIC's executive director of consumer protection, Greg Tanzer. "Fortunately, recent steps by the industry to review pricing practices and the level of home insurance provided, have ...

ASIC cautions over rate rise advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... and any customer who was inadvertently misled by the advertising will not be penalised if they choose to refinance. Greg Tanzer, ASIC's executive director, consumer protection, said both lenders had taken constructive steps to remedy the situation and ...

Reverse mortgage regulation lacks cohesion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... body yet has the jurisdiction to regulate the sector as a whole. Speaking to attendees at the SEQUAL forum last week, Greg Tanzer, executive director, consumer protection directorate, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), explained ...