Q: DIY Liquidating Inherited Shares

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It can’t be that unique a scenario.

I need to sell some very minor Australian shareholdings that were in my father’s name. The usual certified documents are in order; death certificate, will. Solicitor’s informal advice was no probate required in this particular situation.

Are there any online brokerages who handle this small scale stuff, where I can upload a completed form, ID, legal documents and have it paid out by direct deposit to a nominated account? Ideally for all listings in the one “go”.

One of the share listings refers you by default to Computershare, who seem to only use snail mail for estate resolution. Ironic, given their name and that at the far end, someone will be opening that snail mail and feeding the pages through a document scanner…