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A subsidiary of global bank HSBC has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations it forced clients to redeem company-branded mutual fund units when it stopped doing business with dozens of independent dealers, potentially harming the clients through losses and tax consequences.
According to the settlement agreement reached Wednesday betweenHSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Ltd. and the British Columbia Securities Commission, the market value of the required redemptions was about $21.9 million and more than 1,000 client accounts were affected.
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