Ivan Massow commission ad binned after complaint

Jenna Towler
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A ‘potentially misleading' advert for Ivan Massow's commission retrieval website, which appeared in The Times, will not be printed again after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

The print ad - which included the phrase 'it's free money because it's your money' and promised to recover £1000s in pension and investment commission - sparked a complaint to the advertising watchdog, which confirmed it will not be used again after resolving the matter informally with Massow. A spokeswoman said the nature of the complaint was about whether or not the company's claim about returning thousands of pounds in commission was misleading. She explained the person who complained questioned whether the business's promises on returning trail commission to clients "could be subs...

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