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...In Hong Kong, Standard Chartered’s headquarters is squashed next to HSBC’s. That reflects the bank’s smaller stature against a rival 7.5 times its size in terms of market value....
...The head of Standard Chartered’s investment bank is leaving as part of a leadership overhaul designed to boost performance at the emerging markets lender....
...The head of Standard Chartered’s investment bank Simon Cooper is leaving as part of a leadership overhaul designed to boost performance at the emerging markets lender....
...An independent review by law firm Travers Smith in December found that the private bank’s decision-making around account closures was in line with industry standards and did not show “evidence of discrimination...
...Standard Chartered has sold $4.5bn in assets linked to aircraft leasing and financing, announcing two separate deals with Riyadh-based AviLease and with a company backed by US private equity group Apollo...
...Standard Chartered has been positioning itself as a leader in highly bespoke private banking for the very high end of the wealth spectrum....
...During a session on Tuesday, Buxton, a long-term shareholder in Barclays, laid into the bank. “They have taken over from Standard Chartered as the banana skinned bank....
...The market is still looking for a firm pronouncement on the future of investment banking. Another UK-listed bank; another strategic problem. Standard Chartered releases its results next week....
...He sent me four such UK/US pairs: in Banking, Standard Chartered and Citi; in Homebuilding, Cairn Homes and Lennar; in Tobacco, Imperial Brands and Altria; in defence contracting, Babcock International and...
...“China’s rise is likely to erode Korea’s economic growth and competitiveness in the medium to long term,” said Park Chong-hoon, head of research at Standard Chartered in Seoul....
...Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered were among the companies to back a US state department-led scheme dubbed the Energy Transition Accelerator this week, alongside Amazon, Boston Consulting...
...While he holds Barclays and NatWest, he also holds Standard Chartered....
...The FTSE 100’s big five lenders — Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Standard Chartered — are expected to pay out £11.8bn in dividends this year, which is 15 per cent of the FTSE 100 total....
...We’re also due a stream of central bank speakers, alongside monetary policy meeting minutes from the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia....
...Other Tory MPs are eyeing up opportunities in the private sector, while former chancellor Sir Sajid Javid has been sounded out to chair Standard Chartered bank. “People are weighing up their options....
...The lengths to which both Citi and JPMorgan went in trying to secure Oyesanya underlines the value of managing the assets of a lucrative swath of the private banking industry....
...Standard Chartered’s chief executive Bill Winters said the bank’s “crap” share price did not reflect its true value, as fourth-quarter profits surged almost tenfold....
...Goldman Sachs has long been Wall Street’s gold standard for trading and investment banking....
...The government also reversed a ban on crypto transactions, in place to tighten up money laundering and terrorism financing standards....
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