Standard Chartered PLC

Banking group Standard Chartered <STAN.L> is facing a fine for failing to prevent sanctions breaches, Sky News reported on Saturday.

Standard Chartered PLC <STAN.L> flagged the tit-for-tat tariff war between China and the United States and an easing monetary policy cycle as potential risks for the Asia-focused lender, even as it managed to exceed first-half profit estimates.

Standard Chartered PLC posted a 3% rise in its first-half profit on Thursday, beating market expectations, as the bank boosted revenues in its core Asian markets and managed to rein in costs.

The head of the British parliament's Work and Pensions Committee has written to the chair of Standard Chartered Plc's <STAN.L> remuneration committee questioning the bank's executive pension pay levels after more than a third of shareholders voted against its directors'...

Port operator DP World Plc <DPW.DI> will buy Topaz Energy and Marine Limited for $1 billion from Standard Chartered <STAN.L> and Renaissance Services, DP World said on Monday.

Standard Chartered has hired James Cameron as its global head of power, utilities and infrastructure and cleantech, the bank said on Monday.

Dubai's Emaar Properties has hired advisors including Standard Chartered for the sale of its district cooling business, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Standard Chartered has become the latest British firm to attract investor criticism of executive pensions, although shareholders stopped short of blocking the lender's pay plans outright in a vote on Wednesday.

Standard Chartered could face a shareholder rebellion on Wednesday over the bank's pay plans for senior executives, the latest in a series of potential revolts over bosses pension payouts at top British firms.

Standard Chartered PLC unveiled plans for an up to $1 billion (£773 million) share buyback, its first such in at least 20 years as quarterly profit rose 10 percent, signalling progress in its turnaround strategy.

Standard Chartered posted on Tuesday a 10 percent rise in its first-quarter profit helped by a surge in corporate banking income and a drop in expenses, and announced an up to $1 billion share buyback program.

Standard Chartered Plc has agreed to pay $1.1 billion (£844 million) to U.S. and British authorities for conducting illegal financial transactions that violated sanctions against Iran and other countries, government authorities announced on Tuesday.

London-based Standard Chartered PLC has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for sanctions-controls lapses, the U.S. Federal Reserve said.

London-based Standard Chartered is expected to pay slightly more than $1 billion (£765 million) to resolve a nearly five-year-old investigation of potential U.S. sanctions violations tied to its banking for Iran-controlled entities in Dubai, as well as a related U.K. probe...

London-based Standard Chartered is expected to pay slightly more than $1 billion to resolve a nearly five-year-old investigation of potential U.S. sanctions violations tied to its banking for Iran-controlled entities in Dubai, as well as a related U.K. probe, according to...

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Fears over a slowdown in Chinese economic growth and the impact of the Sino-United States trade tensions are "receding a bit", the chief executive of London-based bank Standard Chartered, which makes the bulk of its revenue in Asia, said.

Standard Chartered Private Bank on Thursday appointed Ali Hammad as the market head of private banking in Middle East and North Africa.

Standard Chartered PLC has seen the departure of at least four senior Asia-based bankers from its private banking unit in recent months, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said, amid growing earnings pressure at the business.