Standard Chartered PLC

Standard Chartered moves closer to Mumbai listing - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 43 days 20 hours 17 minutes ago
India's Reserve Bank approved the deal last week, making the London and Hong Kong-listed Standard Chartered among the first in line to sell shares in India under new rules set out in late July that apply to foreign firms, Dow Jones Newswires reported, citing an unnamed source.

Dubai eyes $6.5 billion of new debt in conventional, Islamic bonds: report - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 16 hours 33 minutes ago
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Official: Standard Chartered will not buy Royal Bank of Scotland's Asian assets
Sun (Baltimore), The | 47 days 5 minutes ago
An attempt by Standard Chartered to buy Asian assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland has failed due to disagreements over how much it should pay for the deal, an official briefed on the negotiations said Saturday.

Dollar Slump Persisting as Most Accurate Forecasters See No Bottom in 2010
Bloomberg | 23 hours 21 minutes ago
Standard Chartered Plc, Aletti Gestielle SGR, HSBC Holdings Plc and Scotia Capital Inc. say the dollar will depreciate as much as 6.4 percent versus the euro. About $12 trillion of fiscal and monetary stimulus, the world's lowest borrowing costs and a record $4 trillion of government bond sales between 2009 and 2010 will weigh on the currency, they said. So will the nation's 10.2 percent unemployment rate and signs that the economic recovery may falter, they said.

StanChart eyes $800 mln in renewable deals
Reuters | 4 days 17 hours 41 minutes ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc said it planned to invest in several renewable energy projects in Asia worth over $800 million.

StanChart endorses focus on Asia and other emerging mkts
Financial Express (India), The | 12 days 18 hours 54 minutes ago
Standard Chartered Plc, the third- largest bank in the United Kingdom by market value, wants to do business almost exclusively in Asia and emerging markets. Any executive of the lender who dares to depart from that strategy risks the wrath of Mike Rees, the chief executive officer for corporate banking.

Q&A: Standard Chartered s Sands on Emerging Markets, Bubbles and Regulation
Wall Street Journal, The | 20 days 10 hours 11 minutes ago
Banks around the world are grappling with the changing economic conditions as the world slowly climbs out of a deep economic hole. Standard Chartered PLC, a British bank that has large operations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, has a good perch to see the changing economy as emerging markets do. Standard Charters group chief executive, Peter Sands, sat down with the Wall Street Journals Bob Davis and Jon Hilsenrath. Below is an edited transcript of the conversation.

Talks between StanChart, RBS for sale of assets fail
Financial Express (India), The | 9 days 12 hours 11 minutes ago
Standard Chartereds plans to purchase the Royal Bank of Scotland groups assets in India, China and Malaysia, appear to have failed over the valuation of assets, a media report says.

StanChart Gets RBI Approval for India Listing
Wall Street Journal, The | 43 days 11 hours 11 minutes ago
MUMBAI -- Standard Chartered PLC has received approval from India's central bank to list on the country's stock exchanges, but is yet to approach the capital-market regulator for selling its securities, the head of its Indian unit said Monday.

OCTOBER 13, 2009 StanChart Gets RBI Approval for India Listing
Barron's (subscription required) | 43 days 10 hours 55 minutes ago
MUMBAI -- Standard Chartered PLC has received approval from India's central bank to list on the country's stock exchanges, but is yet to approach the capital-market regulator for selling its securities, the head of its Indian unit said Monday.

UPDATE:Standard Chartered Reports Strong 3Q, Sees 2Q India IPO
Wall Street Journal, The | 26 days 21 hours 7 minutes ago
(Adds executive comment and detail.) By Patricia Kowsmann Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN) said Thursday that it continued to see a strong performance in its wholesale banking business in the third quarter, while loan-impairment charges in its consumer business were lower than expected.

Standard Chartered: Good Progress In 3Q; Eyes Asia Listing
Wall Street Journal, The | 26 days 21 hours 6 minutes ago
Patricia Kowsmann Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN) said Thursday that it continued to see a strong performance in its wholesale banking business in the third quarter, while loan impairment charges in its consumer business were lower than expected.

StanChart gets RBI nod to list on Indian bourses
Financial Express (India), The | 43 days 20 hours 2 minutes ago
British bank Standard Chartered Plc has got Reserve Bank's approval to list on Indian stock exchanges, but the bank is yet to approach market regulator SEBI for selling its depository receipts, a top bank official said.