Jul 1, 2026 – 5.00amWhen Elon Musk felt the urge to reward his faithful Australian customers and investors by allowing them to invest directly in the $US1.8 trillion ($2.62 trillion) SpaceX sharemarket listing, a call was made to CommSec.The retail brokerage giant, which is owned by Commonwealth Bank, is used by four in 10 individual investors and accounts for about 3.5 per cent of the Australian sharemarket’s $4.74 trillion total turnover. So if anyone could find Musk’s loyal fans, it was CommSec.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles