Standard Chartered announces $1bn buyback scheme and lifts guidance despite weak profit February 16, 2023 Standard Chartered announced a $1bn (£831m) buyback scheme and raised its guidance for the next couple of years despite its results failing to meet market expectations. Results for the bank, which has been subject to takeover speculation in recent months, were much weaker than expected. Profit in the final quarter of 2022 was significantly below [...]
What now for Standard Chartered, and why is the bank still a takeover target? February 15, 2023 Standard Chartered found itself the target of takeover talks last week, after Bloomberg reported that First Abu Dhabi Bank was ready to make an offer once the cooling off period from its last offer, which had been just weeks earlier in January, had passed. The rumours were quickly quashed by First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), [...]
Shares in Standard Chartered fall five per cent after First Abu Dhabi quashes hopes of £28bn take-over deal February 10, 2023 First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender, said it was not currently evaluating an offer for Britain’s Standard Chartered, the second time it has quashed reports of an imminent bid. News of the potential offer first came on 5 January, when FAB said it had considered a bid for London-listed Standard Chartered but was no longer doing [...]
Standard Chartered shares jump as investors swoop on renewed reports of possible £28.8bn First Abu Dhabi deal February 9, 2023 Shares in Standard Chartered jumped around 10 per cent following reports from Bloomberg that First Abu Dhabi Bank was still interested in making an offer for the London-headquartered lender. According to Bloomberg, figures at First Abu Dhabi Bank were working on a possible takeover “under the code name Silver-Foxtrot” once the cooling-off period required by [...]
UK banks’ shares slide on fears of recession and bad debt January 19, 2023 UK banks’ share prices dipped on Thursday as increasing fears of recession, bad debt and a fairly poor set of US bank earnings this week spooked investors. Barclays shed 2.8 per cent, HSBC 0.6 per cent and Standard Chartered 0.8 per cent. Domestic-focused lenders Lloyds and Natwest also traded lower, finishing down 1.0 per cent [...]
‘We’re all terrified of being accused of greenwashing’, Standard Chartered boss tells Davos January 19, 2023 Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters demanded clear rules on climate financing at a Davos meeting as potential lenders are “terrified of being accused of greenwashing”. Winters agreed with panellists that there needed to be much more action on financing climate change initiatives. However, he warned there needed to be standards on “what’s a good project [...]
Standard Chartered mulls sale of £3bn aviation arm days after First Abu Dhabi Bank drops takeover bid January 11, 2023 Standard Chartered is considering selling its £3bn aviation finance business, the bank said today. Standard Chartered’s aviation business, which is based in Ireland, accounts for around two per cent of its total income. The business owns and manages over 120 aircraft, leasing them to over 30 of airlines around the world, according to Airfinance Journal’s [...]
FTSE 100 Close: Standard Chartered pops after shock takeover rumours emerge January 5, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 extended its hot start to 2023 today, helped along the way by Asia-focused Standard Chartered surging after news emerged rival lender First Abu Dhabi Bank has been mulling snapping up the firm. Its shares shot up around a fifth during early exchanges in the City today, before paring back to eventually close [...]
FTSE 100 weighed down by banks and pound strengthens on Sunak’s second day in No 10 October 26, 2022 London’s FTSE 100 was dragged down today by investors ditching shares in the UK’s largest banks despite a strong set of results, but managed to squeeze gains thanks to a late rally. The capital’s premier index jumped 0.61 per cent to over the 7,000 mark points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is [...]
UK banks return to amassing default reserves amid inflation and mortgage crunch October 26, 2022 Barclays said profits had jumped six per cent in the third quarter of the year as it became the latest lender to see performance buoyed by rising interest rates.