Banking regulation in Asian and Far Eastern countries is not only better than in the West for banks but also for their economies, emerging-markets bank Standard Chartered has said... more
Standard Chartered, the UK bank that makes three-quarters of its profits in Asia, says it cut 800 jobs in the first quarter as it keeps a "firm grip on expenses", adding that it had made "an excellent start to the year"... more
Emerging markets-focused bank Standard Chartered reveal record profits with a 19% rise to $6.1 billion (£3.7 billion) as it fires on all cylinders and bad debts fall... more
Novelist Betsy Tobin tells Alison Roberts how she prefers focusing on the murky world of Chinese people-smugglers to fitting the stereotype of a pampered City wife ... more
Standard Chartered asks shareholders for an extra £3.3 billion of capital, prompting fears that other British banks will need to raise billions to meet tough revised international rules... more
Standard Chartered Analysis: Peter Sands does well to avoid falling into a Donald Rumsfeld world of known unknowns, known knowns and unknown unknowns... more
City Comment: It's inexplicable: although banking claims to employ the cleverest people in the world and pays them accordingly, at no point have its leaders taken any responsibility for reform... more
City Comment: It was Manchester United versus Arsenal in 1999 that Sky used to launch “pressing the red button”. By the end of this decade we'll all be watching in 3D. ... more
Bankers stand shoulder-to-shoulder at the World Economic Forum in Davos to try to prevent a scatter-gun approach to new financial regulation by different countries... more
Standard Chartered, the emerging markets bank based in London, said it has delivered record levels of income and operating profits so far this year... more
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
As the football season draws to a close — it must be because it’s raining at Lords, halting the First Test — and the football writers ponder their final vote for next week’s award, I think we need a team assessment of the UK banks
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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
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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
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
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
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
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