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This is reference data, not advice about which broker to use.", "broker": { "slug": "thinkmarkets", "name": "ThinkMarkets", "product": "Cash Equities account", "website": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/", "category": "active_asx_retail", "checked": "2026-11-07", "status_note": "Open to eligible Australian clients, with no minimum deposit.", "successor_slug": null, "legal_entity": "TF Global Markets Equities (Aust) Pty Ltd", "entity_note": null, "authorised_representative_of": "TF Global Securities (Aust) Pty Ltd", "authorised_representative_no": "1280662", "afsl": "412816", "abn": "63636447099", "acn": null, "holding": "chess", "holding_note": "Accounts are CHESS-sponsored, with the client's own HIN.", "asx_coverage": null, "asx_coverage_note": "3,000+ ASX shares and ETFs", "execution_participant": "FinClear Execution Limited", "clearing_participant": "FinClear Services Pty Ltd", "international_shares": false, "brokerage": { "currency": "AUD", "gst": "unknown", "gst_note": "ThinkMarkets' FSG says its fees are exclusive of GST unless otherwise stated, but the fee table in its terms is headed \"incl. 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FinClear has the Clearing and settlement obligations for all Cash Market Transactions executed by FinEx on your behalf.", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/fe1266c9-13b1-4b98-898c-d0c31592da3c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_FinClear_Terms_of_Trade.pdf?ext=.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "FinEx is a party to a Clearing Agreement with FinClear. FinClear has the Clearing and settlement obligations for all Cash Market Transactions executed by FinEx on your behalf.", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/fe1266c9-13b1-4b98-898c-d0c31592da3c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_FinClear_Terms_of_Trade.pdf?ext=.pdf#page=7", "page": 7, "document_sha256": "197cfb6a88d9c7d23a62b635753feb271768a7f919b7955514672cb72bd121f9", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "coverage": { "text": "Enjoy access to 3,000+ ASX shares and ETFs — at your fingertips. Open an account today with no minimum deposit.", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/cash-equities/", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "Enjoy access to 3,000+ ASX shares and ETFs — at your fingertips. Open an account today with no minimum deposit.", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/cash-equities/#:~:text=Enjoy%20access%20to%203%2C000%2B%20ASX,today%20with%20no%20minimum%20deposit.", "document_sha256": "8e4960bdee7d5157c396dc170fdd58a3e81a828de413b53b2b34b19d9b9d6343", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "status": { "text": "ThinkMarkets offers eligible Australian clients access to Cash Equities, allowing clients to buy and hold supported Australian-listed shares.", "url": "https://support.thinkmarkets.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11613207707537-Cash-Equities-CE-account-Australia-Only", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "ThinkMarkets offers eligible Australian clients access to Cash Equities, allowing clients to buy and hold supported Australian-listed shares.", "url": "https://support.thinkmarkets.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11613207707537-Cash-Equities-CE-account-Australia-Only#:~:text=ThinkMarkets%20offers%20eligible%20Australian%20clients,and%20hold%20supported%20Australian%2Dlisted%20shares.", "document_sha256": "98ce15dfc922577853cdfe666630c1a13c8dc7a323ce89546202edb8271eaa12", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "gst": { "text": "Unless otherwise stated, all fees, charges, commissions, and benefits disclosed in this FSG are exclusive of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/7d80d896-dd5c-4c11-8327-a472a2e3687c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Financial_Services_Guide.pdf?ext=.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "Unless otherwise stated, all fees, charges, commissions, and benefits disclosed in this FSG are exclusive of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/7d80d896-dd5c-4c11-8327-a472a2e3687c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Financial_Services_Guide.pdf?ext=.pdf#page=4", "page": 4, "document_sha256": "6a8fad6667b290b0ae0ea430dd1ba877fad0ccd4fc0c5d000ff03b5f23129e47", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "international": { "text": "ThinkMarkets offers eligible Australian clients access to Cash Equities, allowing clients to buy and hold supported Australian-listed shares.", "url": "https://support.thinkmarkets.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11613207707537-Cash-Equities-CE-account-Australia-Only", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "ThinkMarkets offers eligible Australian clients access to Cash Equities, allowing clients to buy and hold supported Australian-listed shares.", "url": "https://support.thinkmarkets.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11613207707537-Cash-Equities-CE-account-Australia-Only#:~:text=ThinkMarkets%20offers%20eligible%20Australian%20clients,and%20hold%20supported%20Australian%2Dlisted%20shares.", "document_sha256": "98ce15dfc922577853cdfe666630c1a13c8dc7a323ce89546202edb8271eaa12", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } }, "data_fee": { "text": "Premium Live $22.00 per Optional feature. Charged to your account Streaming price data month at the start of each month until cancelled.", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/881bf50e-b495-4be9-a24a-2dca0c98d058/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Client_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf?ext=.pdf", "checked": { "status": "found", "at": "2026-11-13T00:45:45+00:00" }, "citation": { "quote": "Premium Live $22.00 per Optional feature. Charged to your account Streaming price data month at the start of each month until cancelled.", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/881bf50e-b495-4be9-a24a-2dca0c98d058/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Client_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf?ext=.pdf#page=9", "page": 9, "document_sha256": "d14f1e56cd371b343d8381805ca3275a6ed0355f03273fd7f7d69ec2dc7faf2d", "confirmed": "2026-11-13" } } }, "sources": [ "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/cash-equities/", "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/7d80d896-dd5c-4c11-8327-a472a2e3687c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Financial_Services_Guide.pdf?ext=.pdf", "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/881bf50e-b495-4be9-a24a-2dca0c98d058/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Client_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf?ext=.pdf", "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/fe1266c9-13b1-4b98-898c-d0c31592da3c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_FinClear_Terms_of_Trade.pdf?ext=.pdf", "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/legal-documents/", "https://support.thinkmarkets.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11613207707537-Cash-Equities-CE-account-Australia-Only" ], "documents": [ { "title": "Cash Equities", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/cash-equities/" }, { "title": "Financial Services Guide (20 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/7d80d896-dd5c-4c11-8327-a472a2e3687c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Financial_Services_Guide.pdf?ext=.pdf" }, { "title": "Client Terms and Conditions (2 July 2024)", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/881bf50e-b495-4be9-a24a-2dca0c98d058/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_Client_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf?ext=.pdf" }, { "title": "FinClear Terms of Trade", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/getmedia/fe1266c9-13b1-4b98-898c-d0c31592da3c/ThinkMarkets_AU_Equities_FinClear_Terms_of_Trade.pdf?ext=.pdf" }, { "title": "Legal documents", "url": "https://www.thinkmarkets.com/au/legal-documents/" }, { "title": "Cash Equities account (Australia only)", "url": "https://support.thinkmarkets.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11613207707537-Cash-Equities-CE-account-Australia-Only" } ], "curation_notes": "thinkmarkets.com refuses Chromium and plain HTTP (Cloudflare 403) but loads in Firefox; the PDFs were downloaded from its legal documents page in Firefox on 15 October 2026. The FSG (20 March 2026) gives $8 up to $200,000 with larger orders split; the older terms (2 July 2024) show 0.05% above $200,000, so the FSG is used. Execution and clearing are from the FinEx Terms of Trade published on ThinkMarkets' legal documents page; the cash equities page and FSG say only 'affiliated brokers'. On 7 November 2026 the legal documents page linked new copies of the FSG, client terms and FinClear Terms of Trade (the same texts with a cover page; the FSG cover says \"Last updated: 24 September 2026\" over the 20 March 2026 preparation date), so the quotes were moved to those links. international_shares is false because the account offers \"supported Australian-listed shares\" and the site's menu describes Cash Equities as \"ASX shares and ETFs\"; the other share products it lists are CFDs. The data-fee quote is the terms' two-column fee table as extracted, cells interleaved.", "licence": { "afsl": "412816", "name": "TF GLOBAL SECURITIES (AUST) PTY LTD", "abn": "36131545536", "acn": null, "licensed_since": "2012-02-29", "locality": "Melbourne VIC 3000", "authorisations": { "advice_securities": [ "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": { "500": 8.0, "1000": 8.0, "2000": 8.0, "5000": 8.0, "10000": 8.0, "25000": 8.0, "50000": 8.0, "100000": 8.0 }, "prices_native": null, "fx": null, "plans": [], "etf_brokerage": null, "etf_prices": null, "etf_sell_prices": null, "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/thinkmarkets/", "json": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/thinkmarkets.json" } }