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Dion Global targets IRESS market share with new platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Captial markets fintech Dion Global is attempting to carve out a portion of IRESS's market share with the launch of a new retail trading platform, TCPro. The new system gives retail traders institutional-level capabilities they can't currently access ...

T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... significant competitive advantage at a time when global investors are yearning for confidence, transparency and certainty. CommSec managing director Paul Rayson said the firm is well prepared for the change to T+2. "Planning will be put to the ultimate ...

Topdocs adds Commonwealth Bank integration

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... created the ability for advisers to populate a Commonwealth Bank Accelerator Cash Account application - distributed by CommSec Adviser Services - at the same time as establishing their self-managed super funds through its Instant SMSF online application. ...

Margin loans keep pace with shrinking customer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... that this "has translated into satisfaction with margin lenders returning to pre-GFC levels." In this regard, Leveraged, CommSec and BT Margin Lending were the most popular options. The report also estimated that there are a further 96,000 investors ...

CBA to close institutional equities business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... parts of our business, we have not been able to provide access to global equity markets." The new alliance will enable CommSec and Commonwealth Private Bank customers to access Goldman Sachs' pipeline of equity offerings, including IPOs and will also ...

SMSFs ramp up trading in turbulent markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors are making the most of recent volatility and buying cheap when the market is low, CommSec trading data shows. CommSec SMSFs trading patterns for the week ending 28 August 2015, which included the biggest single ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
CommSec, Australia's largest online broker, has seen a sharp increase in demand for foreign owned shares. The number of customers opening up international trading accounts has grown almost 50% in the past six months, compared to the preceding half year ...

CBA launches online SMSF portfolio

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... futures." Aside from its complete view of assets held inside SMSFs, it also provides a "single access point" to NetBank and CommSec. "We have been servicing the SMSF market for more than 20 years, and we continue to listen to trustees about their evolving ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... are Gen Y, and these platforms allow them to invest smaller amounts, frequently, at low transaction costs. Ten years ago CommSec was pretty much all there was and you were happy to fork out $20 for brokerage, but no one wants to do that anymore." Boles ...

Shares increasingly popular for Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
More than half of CommSec's new customer base is aged under 35, and more than a quarter of 25 to 34-year-olds directly own shares according to the company's latest analysis. CommSec has undertaken a review of share trading and economic developments ...