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Markets

StanChart Kenya’s pretax profit rises 36% in 2022

NAIROBI: Standard Chartered Kenya posted a 36% jump in its pretax profit for 2022 to 17.1 billion shillings ($132.15...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 11:06am

Sports

5th StanChart Karachi United league sponsors over 1200 footballers

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Karachi United Youth Football League 2022-23 held its closing ceremony, having sponsored...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am

Markets

StanChart upgrades forecast, unveils $1bn buyback after profit jumps 28%

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered raised a key performance metric and announced a new $1 billion share buyback on...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 09:54am

Business & Finance

Standard Chartered launches Sahar Women’s Account

Under the initiative, females can avail 2-2.5% discount on bank’s services

Published 06 Feb, 2023 07:53pm

Business & Finance

Lack of investment in climate-related steps to cost emerging markets dearly: report

KARACHI: Failure to invest the bare minimum needed to withstand projected climate damage could cost emerging markets...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

First Abu Dhabi Bank says it had considered offer for StanChart

DUBAI/LONDON: First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender, said on Thursday it had...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

StanChart Pakistan donates $249,000 for flood relief

KARACHI: Standard Chartered has donated a total of $249,000 towards emergency relief and rehabilitation of...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 05:59am

BR Research

Interview with Sunil Kaushal - CEO of Standard Chartered, Africa & Middle East

‘We remain fully committed to delivering a sustainable growth in Pakistan’ Sunil Kaushal is the CEO of Standard...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 08:50am

Markets

Standard Chartered CEO sees shallow and short recession by early 2023

MUMBAI: Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters expects central banks' fight against surging inflation,...

Updated 08 Jun, 2022 07:54pm

Business & Finance

Standard Chartered leads FTSE 100 higher

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 closed higher on Thursday driven by strong earnings updates from companies including...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Markets

Standard Chartered leads FTSE 100 higher in earnings-driven session

London’s FTSE 100 climbed on Thursday, driven by strong earnings updates from firms including Barclays, Whitbread...

Published 28 Apr, 2022 12:41pm

Business & Finance

StanChart profit beats estimates, flags bullish outlook on rising rates

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered posted a forecast-beating 6% rise in first-quarter profit, sending its shares...

Published 28 Apr, 2022 11:09am

Pakistan

Standard Chartered, BAT celebrate impact of ‘Agri-preneur Project’

KARACHI: Standard Chartered and The British Asian Trust (BAT) orchestrated a grand ceremony to celebrate the success...

Published 06 Mar, 2022 05:14am

Markets

StanChart raises goals, to start buyback as full year profit doubles

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered raised its core profitability goals and promised shareholders extra payouts on...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 11:37am

Business & Finance

Standard Chartered launches innovative Digital-Banking solution

KARACHI: Standard Chartered in Pakistan announces the launch of its state-of the-art innovative Digital-Banking...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

Business & Finance

StanChart shares hit by outlook and dashed buyback hopes

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered on Tuesday forecast flat full-year income and dashed investor buyback hopes,...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Markets

StanChart third-quarter profit doubles, beats market forecasts

SINGAPORE: Standard Chartered's third-quarter pre-tax profit doubled from a year earlier, beating market forecasts,...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 09:59am

Business & Finance

UAE to start marketing first federal dollar bond this week

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates government is expected to begin marketing its first bond as a federation as soon as...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:56am

Business & Finance

Bank of America cuts China growth forecast under Evergrande shadow

WASHINGTON: Bank of America cut its China growth forecast on Tuesday in response to intensifying troubles at ...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

Pakistan

Standard Chartered joins GDF Patron Board

KARACHI: Standard Chartered announced it has joined the Global Digital Finance (GDF) Patron Board, a unique...

Published 09 Sep, 2021 03:56am

Markets

Dollar at one-week high as jobs test looms

The kiwi last bought $0.7048 and the Australian dollar bought $0.7387, slightly lower on the day

Published 06 Aug, 2021 02:01pm

Business & Finance

Global Focus Q3 2021: Standard Chartered sees growth to rebound to 5.8pc

KARACHI: Standard Chartered expects global growth to rebound to 5.8 percent in 2021 from -3.3 percent in 2020 as...

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:45am

Markets

TP ICAP to launch crypto trading platform

LONDON: TP ICAP, the world's biggest interdealer broker, is launching a cryptocurrency trading platform with ...

Published 05 Jul, 2021 04:57am

Business & Finance

Bank of Ghana surprises with 100 basis point policy rate cut

"Risks to the inflation outlook remain muted in the near-term ...under these circumstances, the (Monetary Policy Committee) decided to lower the monetary policy rate by a hundred basis points," Addison said, adding that the bank will monitor inflationary pressure on rents and transport fares.

Published 31 May, 2021 07:19pm

Pakistan's WAPDA raises $500m in country's first green bond issuance

Offer oversubscribed by 4 times as eager investors help reduce yield to 7.5%

Updated 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Business & Finance

Abu Dhabi sells $2bn in bonds

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi sold $2 billion in seven-year bonds on Tuesday in its first foray into the international debt...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

Print

Wapda hires banks for green bonds

DUBAI: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority has hired banks to arrange investor calls from Monday for...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Print

Imran Ahad made HBFC MD

KARACHI: Imran Ahad has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of House Building Finance...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Markets

FTSE 100 flat; Unilever rises

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 closed flat on Thursday after hitting a one-week high hours earlier as a wave of ...

Published 30 Apr, 2021 05:06am

Markets

European shares dip

AMSTERDAM/LONDON: European stocks ended lower on Thursday, even as bank shares hit 14-month highs on strong ...

Published 30 Apr, 2021 05:06am