In the real world, your bank is actually a broker and not an exchange. In BitShares you can enter the markets directly and don't need to go via a broker.
There is also ongoing development to simplify the frontend(s) but currently, all we really have as a desktop solution is the full-feature BitShares wallet with all options enabled.
Stripping it down and making it more user friendly is a nice business opportunity .. btw. ..
... which is excatly what's going to happen pretty soon:
https://steemit.com/bitshares/@svk/new-simple-wallet-template
Thanks @svk, he provided a solution now.