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Sharesight has partnered with Direct Broking

by Scott Ryburn, CTO, Sharesight | Sep 22nd 2010
26-Mar-2019 -- Article updated to reflect that Direct Broking was acquired by First NZ Capital Securities Limited (FNZC) from ANZ Bank in December 2018.

We are delighted to announce that Sharesight has partnered with Direct Broking so you can choose to have share trading data automatically recorded in Sharesight.

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Who is Direct Broking

Located in Wellington, Direct Broking is a leading online share broker in New Zealand. They provide an efficient, easy and affordable DIY share and bond trading service to thousands of investors in New Zealand. And they provide access, by phone or internet, to share markets in New Zealand, Australia and the US and UK.

Connect your Direct Broking account to Sharesight

Direct Broking has leveraged the Sharesight API to allow their clients to automatically push trade data into their Sharesight portfolios.

If you're a Direct Broking customer, you can log in to your trading account and follow the simple online process to connect your Direct Broking account to your Sharesight portfolio. If you're not already a Sharesight client, you can subscribe to Sharesight as part of this process.

Once the connection is set up, any trades placed via Direct Broking will automatically be recorded into your Sharesight portfolio. This eliminates the need to manually record trade data into Sharesight each time you buy and sell shares!

Learn more and get started

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