Yeah pros and cons Forest. I like the fact they do alot of my paperwork for me amongst other things like this placement. Last good placement was APA on ASX at re A$2.85. I paid brokerage of 1% plus $7.50 trade charge on RYM SPP. Sometimes i demand less brokerage on big deals and get it. They have diff levels too. Im what you call an Habitual Investor. Sophisticated Inv get offered the best deals but you have to have a few mill or so to get that, not sure re details there. cheers.