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☆ Bank CEO shrugs off U.S. war on 'woke' capital, says ESG investing is good for business
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Sam Meredith | Www.Linkedin.Com In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer at the Standard Chartered Bank, attends a panel session of the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 12, 2024. Ryan Lim | Afp | Getty ImagesStandard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters says environmentally conscious investing can be good for business, dismissing the impact of a U.S. crusade against mission-driven investments. In the United States, for example, Republican lawmakers have decried ESG as a form "woke capitalism" that seeks to prioritize liberal goals over investment returns. But one of the stats that I love is the biggest renewable power center in the United States is the state of Texas, right? Signage atop the Standard Chartered Plc headquarters building, center, in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.

Persons: Bill Winters, Ryan Lim, ESG, Winters, CNBC's, — Organizations: Standard Chartered Bank, World Governments, Afp, Getty, Standard, Democratic, Chartered Plc, Bloomberg Locations: Dubai, U.S, United States, Texas, Hong Kong, China

☆ Exclusive: Four banks quit initiative assessing climate targets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Tommy Wilkes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Four major banks, including Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) and HSBC Plc (HSBA.L), have quit a United Nations-backed initiative to scrutinise climate targets set by corporations, according to people familiar with the matter. Many lenders say they should finance fossil fuels as long as economies depend on them. The spokesperson added that Standard Chartered was seeking alternative third-party validation of its climate targets and that it was setting science-based targets through the NZBA. It will still require them to cease the financing of fossil fuel projects that would weigh on their longer-term emissions targets. Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA), ING (INGA.AS), BBVA (BBVA.MC) and Swedbank (SWEDa.ST) told Reuters they remained committed to SBTi validating their emissions targets.

Persons: SBTi, SBTi's, Pietro Rocco, haven't, it's, Rocco, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Simon Jessop, Josie Kao Organizations: Standard Chartered, HSBC Plc, United, Societe Generale SA, ABN Amro Bank, Zero Banking Alliance, HSBC, Societe Generale, ABN Amro, Reuters, Credit, ING, BBVA, NatWest, Commerzbank, BNP, Allianz, Alliance, Zero, Carbon Trust, Thomson Locations: United Nations, Nations, Paris, U.S, decarbonising, London

Companies Standard Chartered PLC FollowJuly 31 (Reuters) - China's Ant Group and Standard Chartered (STAN.L) said on Monday they will work together in green finance and global fund management, broadening their existing partnership. The deal is the first high-profile tie-up between Ant and a major foreign bank since authorities cancelled a planned mega-IPO by the fintech giant in 2020. StanChart will help Ant build "an industry-leading global liquidity and foreign exchange management structure", they said in a joint statement. They also plan to enhance collaboration in environmental, social and governance, digital innovation and inclusive finance, the statement said. Ant also hired StanChart as one of the lead arrangers and book runners for the $6.5 billion sustainability-linked syndicated loan it took out last year.

Persons: StanChart, Ant, Roxanne Liu, Selena Li, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Chartered, Standard Chartered, Thomson Locations: China

☆ Standard Chartered first-half profit beats estimates, sets new $1 billion share buyback
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A sign above the entrance to the headquarters of Standard Chartered Plc in London, U.K., on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Standard Chartered reported on Friday first-half pretax profit rose 20% and announced a new $1 billion share buyback, as rising rates and record financial markets business propelled margins at the emerging markets-focused lender. StanChart, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, said statutory pretax profit for the first six months of this year reached $3.32 billion. That compared with $2.77 billion a year earlier and the $3.18 billion average of 16 analyst estimates compiled by the bank. The bank upgraded its guidance for income growth in 2023 to a 12%-14% range from 10% previously.

Persons: Bill Winters Organizations: Standard Chartered, Chartered Locations: London, Asia

☆ StanChart lifts annual profit outlook, sets new $1 billion share buyback
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The lender upgraded its guidance for income growth in 2023 to a 12%-14% range from 10% previously. StanChart, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, said statutory pretax profit for the first six months of the year surged 20% to $3.32 billion, beating the $3.18 billion average of 16 analyst estimates compiled by the bank. Standard Chartered upgraded its annual profit forecast on Friday and set a new $1 billion share buyback after a strong first-half performance, as rising rates and a record financial markets business propelled the lender's margins. An illuminated Standard Chartered Plc logo is displayed on the Standard Chartered Bank building. London-headquartered StanChart's transaction banking income shot up by 92% to $2.86 billion, with cash management income up 166%, benefiting from a favorable interest rate environment.

Persons: Bill Winters, StanChart, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Chartered, Standard Chartered Bank, Jefferies, Hong, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Locations: Asia, Hong Kong, London

The lender upgraded its guidance for income growth in 2023 to a 12%-14% range from 10% previously. StanChart's robust results showed how global market conditions are playing to the emerging markets-focused lender's strengths. London-headquartered StanChart's transaction banking income shot up by 92% to $2.86 billion, with cash management income up 166%, benefiting from a favorable interest rate environment. That contrasted with the prolonged slump in income at more deal-focused U.S. and European rivals. Reporting by Selena Li and Lawrence White; Editing by Muralikumar AnantharamanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bill Winters, StanChart, Goldman Sachs, Selena Li, Lawrence White, Muralikumar Organizations: Standard Chartered PLC, Jefferies, Hong, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Asia, Hong Kong, London

The Asia, Africa and Middle East-focused bank had previously set a 2030 target to reduce the emissions 'intensity' of loans to the sector by 30% from 2020 levels. Emissions intensity measures carbon emissions as a percentage of business activity, such as revenue. As a result, carbon emissions can increase in absolute terms even when emissions intensity goes down, because businesses can become more efficient in reducing emissions and still emit more in total when their activity goes up. Banking peers that have adopted an absolute emissions reduction target include HSBC(HSBA.L) and Citi (C.N), as well as a number of smaller banks. "Setting this absolute sector target and supporting our clients in their transition journey are critical sustainability priorities for Standard Chartered," Chief Sustainability Officer Marisa Drew said.

HONG KONG, April 26 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) (STAN.L) on Wednesday said first-quarter profit jumped 21%, beating expectations, as rising interest rates buoyed income from its cash management and retail banking businesses. The earnings update showed how rising central bank rates have boosted revenue, as StanChart charged borrowers more interest while not passing all of the increase to depositors. StanChart, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, said January-March statutory pretax profit reached $1.81 billion. That compared with $1.49 billion a year earlier and the $1.43 billion average of 14 analyst estimates compiled by the bank. The bank said it saw signs of stabilisation in China's troubled commercial real estate market, with no increase in credit impairment from the previous quarter.

HONG KONG, April 26 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) (STAN.L) on Wednesday said first-quarter pretax profit jumped 21%, beating analyst estimates, as rising interest rates buoyed cash management income and retail product sales of the emerging markets-focused lender. StanChart, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, said statutory pretax profit for January-March reached $1.81 billion. That compared with $1.49 billion a year earlier and the $1.43 billion average of 14 analyst estimates compiled by the bank. It was the bank's largest single-quarter profit since the start of 2014, as rising interest rates boosted lending income while its financial markets trading division saw frenzied trading from customers amid volatile markets. The earnings update from StanChart showed how rising central bank rates have boosted revenue, as it charged borrowers more interest while not passing through all of the increase to depositors.

☆ StanChart profit swells on soaring global interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) on Wednesday said first-quarter pretax profit jumped 21%, beating expectations, as rising interest rates buoyed cash management income and retail product sales for the emerging markets-focused lender. The earnings update showed how rising central bank rates have boosted revenue, as StanChart charged borrowers more interest while not passing all of the increase to depositors. StanChart, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, said January-March statutory pretax profit reached $1.81 billion. The bank said income in its corporate cash management business tripled due to "strong pricing discipline and passthrough rate management". Retail banking income rose 53%, propelled by deposit income which also tripled to $771 million.

The blue-chip index (.FTSE) fell 0.3%, down for the third straight session, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 (.FTMC) shed 0.4% as of 0829 GMT. The FTSE 100 had a good run earlier this month, buoyed by strength in commodity stocks and defensives like pharmaceuticals. However, markets have taken to a wait-and-see mode as earnings kicked in, to assess the impact of monetary tightening on results. Oil and gas stocks (.FTNMX601010) rose 0.6% as crude prices gained on reports of falling U.S. crude oil and fuel inventories. Drax Group's shares (DRX.L) rose 3.8% after the power generator announced a 150 million pound ($187 mln) share buyback programme.

☆ Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them in Indonesia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +19 min

While the sample was small, the fact that none of these shoes made it to a Singapore recycling facility underscores weaknesses in the system. Dow said these builds will use the 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of recycled shoe material that have been produced through the Singapore recycling project so far. Reuters had dropped those shoes into a Dow recycling bin at a Singapore community center in September, three months earlier. Recycling flopsThis is not the first novel recycling scheme launched by Dow that hasn’t lived up to its billing. In its Jan. 18 statement, Dow said the shoe recycling partners are “energized by the common vision of sport championing a greener and more sustainable Singapore.” Dow did not comment on the Journal of Consumer Psychology study.

☆ Privacy Regulators Step Up Oversight of AI Use in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Catherine Stupp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

European privacy regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of companies’ use of artificial intelligence, hiring experts and opening new units to crack down on data violations. “AI is appearing in all sectors,” said Kari Laumann, head of a division for research, analysis and policy at Norway’s data protection authority. The regulator’s office has worked with 64 companies to test AI initiatives under its supervision, in a program started in 2020. Regulators have fined companies for privacy failings in their AI applications in recent years, but European data protection officials and privacy analysts say it is still unclear how to apply some aspects of European privacy law to the technology. Mr. Jairaj said he expects the EU’s coming legislation to force companies to look closely at third-party suppliers of AI products.

☆ Standard Chartered becomes first foreign bank to trade bond futures in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SHANGHAI, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc's (STAN.L) China unit said it had become the first foreign bank to trade treasury bond futures in the country which is deregulating capital markets. The move comes as China steps up efforts to draw global investors amid months of foreign money outflows from its $20-trillion bond market. In a statement on Wednesday, Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd said it had completed its first treasury bond futures transaction in China, with the permission of regulators. Treasury bond futures are a key tool to manage interest rate risks, and China's opening-up of the market will allow foreign investors to better participate in its onshore bond market and promote yuan internationalisation, the bank said. In February 2022, Standard Chartered said it would invest $300 million in China-related businesses over the next three years and double the relevant profit contribution by end-2024.

☆ Société Générale Names New Chief Risk Officer
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Mengqi Sun | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Société Générale SA promoted a veteran banker to be its new group chief risk officer, as the French bank continues to navigate geopolitical uncertainties in Europe and a possible economic slowdown. Stéphane Landon, who has been Société Générale’s deputy chief risk officer since October 2020, will become the chief risk officer on Dec. 1, the bank said Thursday. He will succeed Sadia Ricke, who is leaving the bank at the end of this month to become the chief risk officer at Standard Chartered PLC in London. He served as Société Générale Americas’ chief financial officer in New York between 2018 and 2020, before taking the risk-officer position. He previously led the bank’s Americas business and worked on key market functions for Société Générale, including securitization and leveraged finance.

Valoarea acestor exporturi este de 340 miliarde de yuani (aproape 43 miliarde de euro), ceea ce reprezintă aproximativ 2% din totalul exporturilor chineze în 2020, a spus Li Kuiwen, un oficial al Administrației Generale a Vămilor din China. Firmele chineze au exportat de asemenea echipamente de protecție individuală pentru personalul medical în valoare de aproape 100 de miliarde de yuani (12,7 miliarde de euro), a adăugat Li. În total, exporturile de echipamente medicale și medicamente au crescut anul trecut cu 31% față de 2019, demonstrând astfel dominația exporturilor chineze pe această piață, în contextul pandemiei de coronaivirus. Având în vedere că lumea trece prin al doilea val al pandemiei, vânzările de măști și alte bunuri de protecție vor continua să crească. „Cererea pentru bunurile Chinei ar putea rămâne puternică în următoarele câteva luni, odată cu creșterea a infecțiilor cu Covid-19 în SUA și Europa”, a spus Ding Shuang, economist șef la Standard Chartered Plc din Hong Kong.

Persons: Li, Ding Organizations: Administrației Generale, China ., Standard Chartered Locations: China, Chinei, SUA, Europa, Hong Kong

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