Desktop Broker: Only through a financial adviser
Operating but adviser-only: accounts are opened by a financial adviser; retail investors cannot sign up directly.
- Website
- desktopbroker.com.au/
- Legal entity
- Third Party Platform Pty Ltd
- Documents
- Financial Services Guide · Terms and Conditions
- Record re-read by hand
- 15 October 2026
What the broker says
Brokerage
“With respect to brokerage, Desktop Broker has an agreement with your financial adviser under which your financial adviser determines the amount of brokerage that you will be charged.”
Source: desktopbroker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/desktopbroker_fsg.pdf · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
Holding
“This means that you must be the Registered Holder in CHESS of the financial products to be sold at the time that you place an order with Desktop Broker.”
Source: desktopbroker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/desktopbroker_fsg.pdf · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
Execution
“Desktop Broker is a Participant of the ASX Group and Trading Participant of Cboe Australia.”
Source: desktopbroker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/desktopbroker_fsg.pdf · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
Licence
- AFS licence
- 314341 · THIRD PARTY PLATFORM PTY LTD
- ABN
- 74121227905
- Licensed since
- 28 September 2007
- Principal business
- Melbourne VIC 3000
- Authorised to
- Buy and sell securities for clients (retail clients)
- Hold assets for clients (custody) (retail clients)
- Advise on securities (retail clients)
From ASIC's AFS Licensee dataset, release of 11 November 2026, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia.
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