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Bankers warn against ‘too tough’ rules

17.11.09
Two of London’s top bankers today warned regulators and governments not to move too fast or be too draconian with their plans for tighter rules on banks ... more

Stars and City bosses get taste of roughing it

13.11.09
Video: Celebrities and City bosses slept rough on the streets to help raise money for the homeless... more

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

26.10.09
Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips ... more

Blow for RBS as Asia sell-off falls through

05.10.09
Standard Chartered’s talks to take over a large part of Royal Bank of Scotland’s operations in India, Malaysia and China have collapsed ... more

Liverpool announce 'largest ever' deal

14.09.09
Liverpool have announced the biggest commercial deal in their history after agreeing a four-year sponsorship with Standard Chartered Bank... more

City chiefs urge caution over banking profits rally

04.08.09
Banking heavyweights have urged caution over the jubilation at the run of strong profits from the sector... more

Another loss totted up at UBS while Standard Chartered looks ahead

04.08.09
There were mixed results from the latest bank results today, after Standard Chartered announced plans to raise £946 million to capitalise on the downturn, but Swiss bank UBS said it is “cautious” about its prospects, as it posted another big quarterly loss ... more

A record start for Standard chartered despite the stress

25.06.09
Standard Chartered, the Far East-facing bank, said it had enjoyed record levels of income and profits for the first five months of this year... more

Standard Chartered rises to challenge

05.05.09
Shares in Standard Chartered jumped more than 10% after the Asia-focused bank said it delivered record levels of revenue and profit in the first quarter despite challenging economic conditions ... more

Banks back in favour as investors seek safe ground

29.04.09
Britain's High-Street lenders are back on the shopping lists of stock-market investors despite the public’s low opinion of bankers at present... more

Trade minister in line for £4m share payout from bank

14.04.09
Trade minister Lord Davies is on course to get more than £4million of shares from UK bank Standard Chartered... more

Standard Chartered chief sees strong start

17.03.09
Emerging markets bank Standard Chartered has started the year very strongly but faces more challenges as the world economy struggles through its worst downturn in decades, its chief executive warned... more

Chartered chairman signed up by Labour

14.01.09
Banking: The Government has appointed Standard Chartered chairman Mervyn Davies as a minister to help tackle the economic crisis... more

Too thin on top talent at the banks

29.12.08
One of the more interesting kites being flown over the weekend was the suggestion that Royal Bank of Scotland might find the chairman to replace Sir Tom McKillop in either Standard Chartered's Mervyn Davies or Sir Keith Whitson, who retired as chief executive of HSBC in 2003 after a 40-year stint at the bank.... more

Investors back stock offer by Standard

18.12.08
Banking: Asia-focused banking group Standard Chartered says it has 97% acceptance by shareholders for a £1.8 billion stock offer to shore up its balance sheet... more

Sticky Brown fingers are all over this mess

27.11.08
Comment: Of all the ways to cut taxes by £12 billion, the nibble off the VAT bill is the least effective way to dig us out of our financial hole... more

Standard seeks £1.8bn to expand

24.11.08
Banking: Standard Chartered, the London-based emerging markets bank, plans to take advantage of the banking crisis to steal market share from competitors and is raising £1.8 billion in a rights issue to help it do so. ... more

Market report: Worries over bailouts put bank trio on slide

17.11.08
The three High Street banks taking refuge in the Government's lifeboat were the biggest fallers among blue-chip stocks today as City investors became increasingly disillusioned with the terms of their proposed fund-raisers.... more

No fund hunt at Standard Chartered

28.10.08
London-based emerging-markets banking giant Standard Chartered rejects calls for it to go in search of new funds to bolster its balance sheet ... more

Crisis fears over big bank trio

27.10.08
Fears that the financial crisis is set to engulf the Far East and other emerging markets today saw three of Europe's largest banks, which have so far weathered the credit crunch, come under renewed pressure.... more

Crash, bang, wallop! Every sector takes a hit

24.10.08
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HSBC is hit by turmoil in emerging markets

24.10.08
Credit crunch: Fears over the future of developing economies smash shares of emerging market banking giants HSBC and Standard Chartered... more

Analysis: Shedding some light on a bank rescue that’s hard to figure out

10.10.08
There is no getting away from the fact that by the end of this week the Government's £500 billion rescue package for the banks leaves as many questions unanswered as answered.... more

The big bail-out

08.10.08
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Chartered plans staff boost in HK

04.09.08
Banking: Asia-focused Standard Chartered bank, which has sailed relatively unscathed through the subprime crisis, aims to boost staff at its Hong Kong consumer unit by 50%... more

Standard Chartered surges by 31% and ticks off its rivals

05.08.08
Bank blamed much of the woes of its rivals on their massive bonus payment regimes... more

Pain limited at Standard Chartered

26.06.08
Standard Chartered shows once again that it is coming through the credit crunch in a much stronger state than most of its major international rivals... more

Chartered puts clients into cash

11.06.08
Institution's private banking arm is shifting more of its clients' funds to cash on fears of further turmoil... more

Bank on trail of growth in Asia

12.05.08
Standard Chartered will increase its Chinese presence by 60% this year, pledged chief executive... more

Standard Chartered boss warns crisis is far from over

07.05.08
Senior British banker tempers credit crunch optimism of his counterparts in America... more

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