ASIC finally takes SMSF war to real estate agents THE Australian Securities & Investments Commission has just cracked down on the one industry group that has so far escaped serious attention in its SMSF war against property spruikers: real estate agents. ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer warned yesterday that any real estate agent recommending investors to use a self-managed super fund to buy a property must be appropriately licensed, which in this case means an Australian financial services licence.