What they do
CommSec is an online share broker for retail investors, offering Australian and global share trading, margin lending, SMSF and Trust accounts and options trading.
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$193m, from A$31.2m to A$483m
- Network
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (wholly owned subsidiary)
- Licences
- AFSL 238814, Wholly owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Founded
- 1995
From commsec.com.au, checked 7 Nov 2026: /why-join-commsec/about-us.html
Deals
Columns
22 of 22 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Ballard | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 45.0 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer) | Ballard placement |
| Oct 2026 | L1 Global Long Short Fund | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager | Completed | 482.7 | Listed investment vehicles | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)Allens (issuer) | L1 Global Long Short Fund entitlement offer |
| Aug 2026 | GR Engineering Services | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 100.0 | Engineering and construction | Argonaut (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer) | GR Engineering Services placement |
| Aug 2026 | L1 Gold Fund | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager | Completed | 422.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) | L1 Gold Fund entitlement offer |
| Aug 2026 | PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 195.0 | Listed investment vehicles | E&P Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund placement |
| Aug 2026 | WAM Leaders | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 313.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager) | WAM Leaders placement |
| Aug 2026 | Pengana Global Private Credit Trust | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 31.2 | Listed investment vehicles | Taylor Collison (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager) | Pengana Global Private Credit Trust placement |
| Jul 2026 | WAM Income Maximiser | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager | Completed | 172.4 | Listed investment vehicles | Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager) | WAM Income Maximiser entitlement offer |
| Jun 2026 | AI Private Opportunities Trust | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager | Listed | 125.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Taylor Collison (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager) | AI Private Opportunities Trust IPO |
| Jun 2026 | KGL Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Co-manager | Completed | 300.0 | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)Allens (issuer) | KGL Resources entitlement offer |
| May 2026 | Whitefield Income | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager | Completed | 108.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) | Whitefield Income entitlement offer |
| May 2026 | Great Boulder | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 40.0 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Salient Corporate (issuer)Blackwall Legal (issuer)Mining + Heritage Legal (issuer) | Great Boulder placement |
| Apr 2026 | Solaris Australian Equity Income Plus | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager | Listed | 190.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Pitcher Partners (issuer)DLA Piper (issuer) | Solaris Australian Equity Income Plus IPO |
| Mar 2026 | Kapstream Investment Trust | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager | Listed | 300.0 | Listed investment vehicles | E&P Capital (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (issuer)EY (issuer) | Kapstream Investment Trust IPO |
| Feb 2026 | Prospect Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 45.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager) | Prospect Resources placement |
| Dec 2025 | Saluda Medical | – | – | IPO | Co-manager | Listed | 230.8 | Medical devices and technology | Bell Potter (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)TPG Capital BD (issuer)Latham & Watkins (issuer)Johnson Winter Slattery (issuer)Barnes & Thornburg (issuer)Grant Thornton (issuer) | Saluda Medical IPO |
| Nov 2025 | Epiminder | – | – | IPO | Co-manager | Listed | 125.0 | Medical devices and technology | E&P Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Flagstaff Partners (issuer)Arnold Bloch Leibler (issuer)FB Rice (issuer)MVAB Corporate Advisers (issuer)KPMG (issuer)Frost & Sullivan (issuer) | Epiminder IPO |
| Nov 2025 | Perpetual Credit Income Trust | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager | Completed | 267.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Ord Minnett (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager) | Perpetual Credit Income Trust entitlement offer |
| Oct 2025 | WAM Income Maximiser | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 120.2 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager) | WAM Income Maximiser placement |
| Sep 2025 | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager | Listed | 400.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (issuer)Bell Gully (issuer)EY (issuer)Clayton Utz (lead manager) | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust IPO |
| Feb 2025 | Gryphon Capital Income Trust | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager | Completed | 209.7 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager) | Gryphon Capital Income Trust entitlement offer |
| Jan 2025 | Dominion Income Trust 1 | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager | Announced | 300.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (issuer)EY (issuer) | Dominion Income Trust 1 IPO |
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Repeat clients
- WAM Income Maximiser2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| IPO lead managers | #5 (3) | – |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
Offices and contact
Offices
- Sydney