{ "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": "betashares-direct", "name": "Betashares Direct", "product": "Betashares Invest", "website": "https://www.betashares.com.au/direct/", "category": "active_asx_retail", "checked": "2026-11-07", "status_note": "Operating; accessed via the Betashares Direct app.", "successor_slug": null, "legal_entity": "Betashares Capital Ltd", "entity_note": null, "authorised_representative_of": null, "authorised_representative_no": null, "afsl": "341181", "abn": "78139566868", "acn": null, "holding": "custodial", "holding_note": "Custodian Citigroup Pty Limited (ABN 88 004 325 080, AFSL 238098) holds assets on trust for Betashares, which holds the interest for the client; omnibus/pooled accounts. No personal HIN.", "asx_coverage": "partial", "asx_coverage_note": "the ETFs and 550+ ASX-listed shares on Betashares' approved list", "execution_participant": null, "clearing_participant": null, "international_shares": false, "brokerage": { "currency": "AUD", "gst": "unknown", "tiers": [ { "up_to": null, "fee": 0, "percent": null, "min": null, "max": null } ], "rule": "$0 brokerage on ASX-traded ETFs and 550+ ASX shares.", "conditions": [ "Transfer-out costs up to $9.50 per security; Betashares keeps the interest on cash balances." ] }, "account_fee": null, "expected": { "1000": 0, "10000": 0, "50000": 0 }, "quotes": { "brokerage": { "text": "We believe long-term investing is the best way to build wealth. $0 brokerage on all ASX-traded ETFs and 550+ shares is not an ‘introductory offer’ - it’s our long-term commitment to you.", "url": "https://www.betashares.com.au/direct/pricing/", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "We believe long-term investing is the best way to build wealth. $0 brokerage on all ASX-traded ETFs and 550+ shares is not an ‘introductory offer’ - it’s our long-term commitment to you.", "url": "https://www.betashares.com.au/direct/pricing/#:~:text=We%20believe%20long%2Dterm%20investing%20is,our%20long%2Dterm%20commitment%20to%20you.", "document_sha256": "1dfdb32762fa10c9ea79316eaea2390d7ff59be18db4b3d5995fe816281e426e", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "holding": { "text": "In relation to the assets in your Betashares Invest Account, the custodian will hold those assets on trust for us and we will in turn hold the interest in those assets for you.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-fsg.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "In relation to the assets in your Betashares Invest Account, the custodian will hold those assets on trust for us and we will in turn hold the interest in those assets for you.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-fsg.pdf#page=4", "page": 4, "document_sha256": "3297abd318a5a7b49b419154c0afb72cdb9831c09bff17e6fcde4d936a7e5969", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "execution": { "text": "Betashares is not a market or trading participant of the ASX or any other financial market. We have arrangements in place with a broker we have selected to provide a broking service under the trading agreement between us and the broker in relation to your instructions to buy or sell shares or ETF units.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "Betashares is not a market or trading participant of the ASX or any other financial market. We have arrangements in place with a broker we have selected to provide a broking service under the trading agreement between us and the broker in relation to your instructions to buy or sell shares or ETF units.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf#page=16", "page": 16, "document_sha256": "518bd0af756a829c943248240e150f326a150cb64d544fb32002ef9e6e046d03", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "coverage": { "text": "Betashares Invest offers access to selected ETFs, ASX-listed shares and unlisted managed funds.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "Betashares Invest offers access to selected ETFs, ASX-listed shares and unlisted managed funds.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf#page=15", "page": 15, "document_sha256": "518bd0af756a829c943248240e150f326a150cb64d544fb32002ef9e6e046d03", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "international": { "text": "Betashares Invest offers access to selected ETFs, ASX-listed shares and unlisted managed funds.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "Betashares Invest offers access to selected ETFs, ASX-listed shares and unlisted managed funds.", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf#page=15", "page": 15, "document_sha256": "518bd0af756a829c943248240e150f326a150cb64d544fb32002ef9e6e046d03", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } } }, "sources": [ "https://www.betashares.com.au/direct/pricing/", "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-fsg.pdf", "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf" ], "documents": [ { "title": "Pricing", "url": "https://www.betashares.com.au/direct/pricing/" }, { "title": "Product Disclosure Statement", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-pds.pdf" }, { "title": "Financial Services Guide", "url": "https://links.betashares.com.au/direct-fsg.pdf" } ], "curation_notes": "The PDS does not name the executing broker. The execution quote only says Betashares has a broker it selected. The custodian is Citigroup Pty Limited (ABN 88 004 325 080, AFSL 238098), from FSG section 1.6. The PDS (9 September 2026, section 3.1) says \"selected ETFs\", while the website says \"all ASX-listed ETFs\"; the PDS wording is used for what can be traded. Its list is in Part B (Investment Options Booklet), published only inside the Betashares Direct app. International shares: the PDS offers only ETFs, ASX-listed shares and unlisted managed funds; overseas markets are reachable only through ASX-listed ETFs such as BGBL, not by buying foreign shares directly. GST stays unknown: the PDS's \"All fees and costs in the table above include Goods and Services Tax\" covers its fees and costs summary, which has no brokerage row (brokerage is stated as free in section 1), and at $0 it changes no price.", "licence": { "afsl": "341181", "name": "BETASHARES CAPITAL LTD", "abn": "78139566868", "acn": null, "licensed_since": "2010-05-03", "locality": "Sydney NSW 2000", "authorisations": { "advice_securities": [ "retail" ], "deal_securities_for_clients": [ "retail" ], "issue_securities": [ "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": "Custodial", "prices": { "500": 0.0, "1000": 0.0, "2000": 0.0, "5000": 0.0, "10000": 0.0, "25000": 0.0, "50000": 0.0, "100000": 0.0 }, "prices_native": null, "fx": null, "plans": [], "etf_brokerage": null, "etf_prices": null, "etf_sell_prices": null, "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/betashares-direct/", "json": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/betashares-direct.json" } }