{
 "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": "macquarie-online-trading",
  "name": "Macquarie Online Trading",
  "product": null,
  "website": "https://www.macquarie.com.au/",
  "category": "closed_or_merged",
  "checked": "2026-10-15",
  "status_note": "Closed to new applications from 22 January 2025. After 22 February 2025 retail clients moved to Bell Direct and advised clients to Desktop Broker.",
  "successor_slug": "bell-direct",
  "legal_entity": null,
  "entity_note": null,
  "authorised_representative_of": null,
  "authorised_representative_no": null,
  "afsl": null,
  "abn": null,
  "acn": null,
  "holding": null,
  "holding_note": "Migrated accounts are now Bell Direct accounts (individual HIN).",
  "asx_coverage": null,
  "asx_coverage_note": null,
  "execution_participant": null,
  "clearing_participant": null,
  "international_shares": true,
  "brokerage": null,
  "account_fee": null,
  "expected": null,
  "quotes": {
   "brokerage": {
    "text": "Internet/mobile device equity and warrant trades of any trade value $19.95 or 0.12% of the value of the trade (whichever is greater).",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/fees/mot",
    "checked": {
     "status": "found",
     "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00"
    },
    "citation": {
     "quote": "Internet/mobile device equity and warrant trades of any trade value $19.95 or 0.12% of the value of the trade (whichever is greater).",
     "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/fees/mot#:~:text=Internet%2Fmobile%20device%20equity%20and%20warrant,the%20trade%20%28whichever%20is%20greater%29.",
     "document_sha256": "f6d37424dc365686e1d018c84c5cc6b7ffb1aeff7a015ff1a34cef17d05b3f6e",
     "confirmed": "2026-11-13"
    }
   },
   "status": {
    "text": "After Saturday 22 February 2025, Macquarie Online Trading will transition to Bell Direct for retail clients and Desktop Broker for advised clients – online share trading platforms offered by us, Bell Financial Group (Bell).",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/migration",
    "checked": {
     "status": "scattered",
     "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00"
    },
    "citation": {
     "quote": "After Saturday 22 February 2025, Macquarie Online Trading will transition to Bell Direct for retail clients and Desktop Broker for advised clients – online share trading platforms offered by us, Bell Financial Group (Bell).",
     "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/migration#:~:text=After%20Saturday%2022%20February%202025%2C,us%2C%20Bell%20Financial%20Group%20%28Bell%29.",
     "document_sha256": "2e62f98e3b821a1973db855364bf0f3070c68db9348d2717ef74bd6bc0a03d4b",
     "confirmed": "2026-11-13"
    }
   }
  },
  "sources": [
   "https://belldirect.com.au/fees/mot",
   "https://belldirect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/belldirect_fsg.pdf",
   "https://belldirect.com.au/migration",
   "https://www.macquarie.com.au/help/personal/macquarie-online-trading/manage-your-account/closure-of-macquarie-online-trading.html"
  ],
  "documents": [
   {
    "title": "Fees for former Macquarie clients",
    "url": "https://belldirect.com.au/fees/mot"
   },
   {
    "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"
   },
   {
    "title": "Closure of Macquarie Online Trading",
    "url": "https://www.macquarie.com.au/help/personal/macquarie-online-trading/manage-your-account/closure-of-macquarie-online-trading.html"
   }
  ],
  "curation_notes": "Macquarie Online Trading always ran on Bell's platform under the Macquarie brand. Legacy rate for clients settling via the Macquarie Cash Management Account was $19.95 or 0.12% (whichever is greater). Macquarie Wrap is an adviser platform, not assessed. The status quote is read from Bell Direct's own migration page.",
  "licence": null,
  "category_label": "Closed or merged",
  "holding_label": null,
  "prices": null,
  "prices_native": null,
  "fx": null,
  "plans": [],
  "etf_brokerage": null,
  "etf_prices": null,
  "etf_sell_prices": null,
  "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/macquarie-online-trading/",
  "json": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/macquarie-online-trading.json"
 }
}