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The Margin Lender of the Year. Again.

CommSec can help you stay on top of your portfolio while making the most of investment opportunities.

As well as giving you the means to invest more, every CommSec margin loan comes with a comprehensive risk management toolset. We call it SMART Risk Management™ - and it’s simply a better way to manage your investments.

Discover for yourself why CommSec has again been named Margin lender of the Year.

More power to invest, with more confidence

Are you looking for a way to boost your investment power? At a time when markets appear to be showing increasing potential, many investors are using a CommSec Margin Loan to give them access to the funds they need to take advantage of new opportunities quickly.

Of course, there are risks associated with borrowing to invest, which is why we’ve developed CommSec SMART risk management™. It’s a suite of tools that helps you to manage your risk more effectively to potentially avoid margin calls.

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Apply for a CommSec Margin Loan today if you’re an experienced investor who understands risk and can see long-term profit potential.

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Why Choose a CommSec Margin Loan?

Awarded Margin Lender of the Year by Money magazine
CommSec SMART risk management to help manage risk
Choose from competitive variable or fixed rates
Manage your loan and share trading at the same convenient location
Choose from over 2,000 approved shares and managed funds to borrow against

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Important information

CommSec Margin Lending facilities are provided by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124 AFSL 234945 and administered by its wholly owned but non-guaranteed subsidiary Commonwealth Securities Limited ABN 60 067 254 399 AFSL 238814 (CommSec), a participant of the ASX Group.

This information has been prepared without taking account of the objectives, needs, financial and taxation situation of any particular individual. For this reason any individual should, before acting on the information, consider the appropriateness of it having regard to their own objectives, needs, financial and taxation situation and, if necessary, seek appropriate independent financial and taxation advice.

This website notes some features of a CommSec Margin Loan. Please obtain and consider the product disclosure statement (PDS), available from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124 AFSL 234945) as the product issuer, at www.commsec.com.au before making any decision about the product.

Please be aware that a CommSec Margin Loan exposes you to unfavourable movements in the value of shares and units in managed funds, and possibly to margin calls. Please be aware that you are personally liable for any shortfall that occurs should your entire portfolio have to be sold to answer a margin call where there have been falls in the market value of your investments. Only investors who fully understand the risks associated with gearing into investments should apply. All applications for a CommSec Margin Loan are subject to the Commonwealth Bank’s credit approval process. Please consider the Terms and Conditions available from www.commsec.com.au before making any decisions. Fees and charges apply.

Commonwealth Securities Limited ABN 60 067 254 399 AFSL 238814.

Award won in Money magazine’s Bank of the Year 2011 awards. Margin Lending star ratings, awarded by CANSTAR CANNEX, October 2009.

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