HSBC has opened two new ShareShops located within the bank’s branches at High Street, Sliema and Victoria, Gozo. These new offices, which complement the existing ShareShop in Valletta, will give customers immediate access to both foreign and local shares and bond markets.

“Thanks to our global network, HSBC has access to all major stock markets around the world. This has helped us to establish a reputation for offering a fast and reliable service to our customers in Malta, who are investing in shares and bonds. Consequently, our stockbroking business has experienced impressive growth and led to this expansion of our network,” said HSBC’s Head of Personal Financial Services, Godfrey Swain.

In addition to the three dedicated ShareShops now operating, HSBC also offers a share trading service at all of its 31 other branches in Malta on an “execution” only basis. HSBC’s ShareShops, however, provide “advisory” services and detailed information, analysis, graphs and historical pricing to help customers in their decisions.

“As Malta’s economy continues to develop and become more sophisticated, the number of people turning to the Malta Stock Exchange as one of the instruments with which to secure their financial future, has expanded rapidly. Banks like HSBC have a responsibility to give those customers who wish to obtain them the best possible advice and guidance. The opening of these two new ShareShops will certainly help HSBC to further improve on the excellent work which has been done in this respect by the ShareShop in Valletta over the past five years,” said Stock Exchange Chairman, Joe Zammit Tabona.