HSBC to review investment advice after FCA mystery shop
Around 200,000 HSBC customers who bought investments after being advised by sales staff in high street branches could be in line for compensation after a mystery shopping exercise by investigators from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The bank said it is spending £93m to review the investment advice given to customers between August 2008 and October 2012, the Guardian reports. But it said the final compensation figure is unlikely...
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