Choosing a combination of high interest account and broker

[Julia]

Sorry. That was unnecessarily terse.
Try going to the bank and asking what fee-free accounts they can offer you.

I've just googled "fee free bank accounts in Australia": http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&scl...44,d.dGI&fp=308f516791364cba&biw=1024&bih=605

Re bringing in funds from overseas, do the same: ask what options you have in order to take advantage of best available exchange rates. Consider organisations other than banks as an avenue to do this.

 

[statisticalg]

There have been lots of good replies.

I used westpac to take advantage of their $600 brokerage. I think I'll move to NAB afterwards because I originally traded with commsec.

Anyway, I don't trade often, but when I do it's going to be a large trade. Thus, any higher cost associated with brokerage is offset by the $2,000 interest, which is a lot of trades when you think about it.