Our History
With roots stretching back to 1994, CommSec Adviser Services brings together some of the most experienced names in wholesale broking. Core Equity Services, Colonial Geared Investments, IWL, Virtual Broker, JDV, Australian Clearing Services and Ausiex to name a few, make up our strong pedigree.
The evolution of CommSec Adviser Services
| JUL 1994 |
JDV becomes an ASX Market Participant |
| JUN 1996 |
Colonial Geared Investments is established (then know as State Bank of NSW) |
| JUN 2000 |
Commonwealth Bank acquires Colonial State Bank |
| JAN 2002 |
CommSec launches Adviser Trading Centre |
| JUN 2003 |
Investor Web Limited (IWL) acquires Sanford |
| APR 2004 |
IWL acquires Australian Clearing Services (ACS) |
| SEPT 2005 |
IWL acquires JDV |
| NOV 2007 |
Commonwealth Bank acquires IWL |
| MAR 2009 |
Core Equity Services is launched consolidating our wholesale businesses |
| JUN 2009 |
Our new adviser platform Core Trading is launched |
| NOV 2009 |
Core Equity Services is expanded to include Colonial Geared Investments |
| NOV 2012 |
Core Equity Services and Colonial Geared Investments come together to form CommSec Adviser Services |