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 "dataset": "Australian online stockbrokers",
 "source": "Each broker's own pricing page, Financial Services Guide and terms (brokerage, CHESS sponsorship or custody, execution and clearing); ASIC's Australian Financial Services Licensee register on data.gov.au (licence, ABN, authorisations)",
 "licence_note": "Brokerage a broker charges in US dollars is converted at the Reserve Bank of Australia's 4pm AUD/USD rate (CC BY 4.0, source: Reserve Bank of Australia). The licence fields are from ASIC's AFS Licensee dataset on data.gov.au, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence. Brokerage, holding model, execution and clearing are facts read from each broker's own published pages, and every one carries the URL and the sentence it was read from. Brokerage is the standard online rate for one ASX trade; it changes without notice and some brokers price differently for frequent traders, other settlement accounts or phone orders. This is reference data, not advice about which broker to use.",
 "broker": {
  "slug": "bell-direct",
  "name": "Bell Direct",
  "product": null,
  "website": "https://www.belldirect.com.au/",
  "category": "active_asx_retail",
  "checked": "2026-10-15",
  "status_note": "Operating; part of Bell Financial Group. Took over Macquarie Online Trading retail clients after 22 February 2025.",
  "successor_slug": null,
  "legal_entity": "Third Party Platform Pty Ltd",
  "entity_note": "Trades as Bell Direct.",
  "authorised_representative_of": null,
  "authorised_representative_no": null,
  "afsl": "314341",
  "abn": "74121227905",
  "acn": null,
  "holding": "chess",
  "holding_note": "Each client has an individual HIN. Bell contrasts this with custodial and nominee models.",
  "asx_coverage": "full",
  "asx_coverage_note": "any company on the Australian Stock Exchange",
  "execution_participant": "Third Party Platform Pty Ltd",
  "clearing_participant": "Third Party Platform Pty Ltd",
  "international_shares": true,
  "brokerage": {
   "currency": "AUD",
   "gst": "included",
   "tiers": [
    {
     "up_to": 1000,
     "fee": 5,
     "percent": null,
     "min": null,
     "max": null
    },
    {
     "up_to": 3000,
     "fee": 10,
     "percent": null,
     "min": null,
     "max": null
    },
    {
     "up_to": 10000,
     "fee": 15,
     "percent": null,
     "min": null,
     "max": null
    },
    {
     "up_to": 25000,
     "fee": 25,
     "percent": null,
     "min": null,
     "max": null
    },
    {
     "up_to": null,
     "fee": null,
     "percent": 0.1,
     "min": null,
     "max": null
    }
   ],
   "rule": "First 10 trades a month, settled via the Direct Investment Account: $5 up to $1,000, $10 up to $3,000, $15 up to $10,000, $25 up to $25,000, then 0.1%.",
   "conditions": [
    "These rates are for the first 10 trades each month; the 11th to 30th trades cost $13 or 0.08% and the 31st onward $10 or 0.08%.",
    "Settling via a Macquarie CMA costs $19.95 or 0.12%."
   ]
  },
  "account_fee": null,
  "expected": {
   "1000": 5.0,
   "10000": 15.0,
   "50000": 50.0
  },
  "quotes": {
   "brokerage": {
    "text": "Your First 10 Trades $0 to $1000 $5 $1000 to $3000 $10 $3000 to $10,000 $15 $10,000 to $25,000 $25 $25,000+ 0.1%",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/fees",
    "checked": {
     "status": "found",
     "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00"
    },
    "citation": {
     "quote": "Your First 10 Trades $0 to $1000 $5 $1000 to $3000 $10 $3000 to $10,000 $15 $10,000 to $25,000 $25 $25,000+ 0.1%",
     "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/fees#:~:text=Your%20First%2010%20Trades%20%240,to%20%2425%2C000%20%2425%20%2425%2C000%2B%200.1%25",
     "document_sha256": "7e276b8d38df4adc23bc764bd63a0b598e0504db1f354e5ffdef3c3fd35332ba",
     "confirmed": "2026-11-13"
    }
   },
   "holding": {
    "text": "When you join Bell Direct, you’ll get or use your own individual HIN, so you have legal ownership of the shares you buy, no questions asked, and no asterisks.",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/migration",
    "checked": {
     "status": "found",
     "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00"
    },
    "citation": {
     "quote": "When you join Bell Direct, you’ll get or use your own individual HIN, so you have legal ownership of the shares you buy, no questions asked, and no asterisks.",
     "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/migration#:~:text=When%20you%20join%20Bell%20Direct%2C,questions%20asked%2C%20and%20no%20asterisks.",
     "document_sha256": "2e62f98e3b821a1973db855364bf0f3070c68db9348d2717ef74bd6bc0a03d4b",
     "confirmed": "2026-11-13"
    }
   },
   "execution": {
    "text": "Your trading, clearing, settlement and stock sponsorship arrangements are directly with Bell Direct for Australian Securities.",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/belldirect_fsg.pdf",
    "checked": {
     "status": "found",
     "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00"
    },
    "citation": {
     "quote": "Your trading, clearing, settlement and stock sponsorship arrangements are directly with Bell Direct for Australian Securities.",
     "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/belldirect_fsg.pdf#page=2",
     "page": 2,
     "document_sha256": "23a28a8f29ac318f3cee9217172d3bb4450026a021816a6c6b9c122b5b467620",
     "confirmed": "2026-11-13"
    }
   },
   "coverage": {
    "text": "You can buy and sell shares in any company on the Australian Stock Exchange via our platform.",
    "url": "https://www.belldirect.com.au/smarter/products",
    "checked": {
     "status": "found",
     "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00"
    },
    "citation": {
     "quote": "You can buy and sell shares in any company on the Australian Stock Exchange via our platform.",
     "url": "https://www.belldirect.com.au/smarter/products#:~:text=You%20can%20buy%20and%20sell,Stock%20Exchange%20via%20our%20platform.",
     "document_sha256": "2f651ad92afee3489a7aa5a25748c2aee1eb95a2739b4f235eca1666f687955a",
     "confirmed": "2026-11-13"
    }
   }
  },
  "sources": [
   "https://belldirect.com.au/fees",
   "https://belldirect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/belldirect_fsg.pdf",
   "https://belldirect.com.au/migration",
   "https://www.belldirect.com.au/smarter/products"
  ],
  "documents": [
   {
    "title": "Fees",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/fees"
   },
   {
    "title": "Financial Services Guide",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/belldirect_fsg.pdf"
   },
   {
    "title": "Macquarie Trading accounts moving to Bell Direct",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/migration"
   }
  ],
  "curation_notes": "A trade of exactly $10,000 falls in the $3,000 to $10,000 tier ($15). FSG says fees include GST unless stated. Live data costs $10 a month, free after 5 trades a month. The FSG is dated 21 July 2026 but sits at a /2026/04/ upload path. The execution sentence is on the FSG text file saved as .pdf.",
  "licence": {
   "afsl": "314341",
   "name": "THIRD PARTY PLATFORM PTY LTD",
   "abn": "74121227905",
   "acn": null,
   "licensed_since": "2007-09-28",
   "locality": "Melbourne VIC 3000",
   "authorisations": {
    "advice_securities": [
     "retail"
    ],
    "custody": [
     "retail"
    ],
    "deal_securities_for_clients": [
     "retail"
    ]
   },
   "source": {
    "dataset": "ASIC AFS Licensee dataset",
    "url": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/asic-afs-licensee",
    "release": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ab7eddce-84df-4098-bc8f-500d0d9776d1/resource/d98a113d-6b50-40e6-b65f-2612efc877f4/download/afs_lic_202611.csv",
    "last_modified": "2026-11-11T20:51:07.739275",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia"
   },
   "disagreements": []
  },
  "category_label": "Open to new retail clients for ASX shares",
  "holding_label": "CHESS-sponsored",
  "prices": {
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   "1000": 5.0,
   "2000": 10.0,
   "5000": 15.0,
   "10000": 15.0,
   "25000": 25.0,
   "50000": 50.0,
   "100000": 100.0
  },
  "prices_native": null,
  "fx": null,
  "plans": [],
  "etf_brokerage": null,
  "etf_prices": null,
  "etf_sell_prices": null,
  "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/bell-direct/",
  "json": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/bell-direct.json"
 }
}