Custodians are diversifying product offerings and seeking new target market segments in a bid to keep ahead of the game, says Ajit Khare, group product manager, securities services at Standard Chartered Bank.
Following the success of its Korea First Bank acquisition, Standard Chartered makes a play for Hsinchu International Bank in Taiwan.
India's IDBI emerges as the winner in the race for United Western Bank dashing the hopes of suitors such as Citigroup, Standard Chartered, HDFC and ICICI Bank.
New service aimed at Singapore exporters.
HSBC and Standard Chartered conduct a Rmb100 million three-year fixed rate non-deliverable interest rate swap transaction.
Standard Chartered is to pay $413 million to acquire 80.9% stake in PakistanÆs Union Bank making Standard Chartered the sixth largest bank in the country by market share of assets.
Despite being one of the most mature among the regionÆs domestic debt markets, Hong Kong has yet to develop itself into a more accessible platform for a wider variety of issuers and investors.
Link Reit mandates BNP Paribas, HSBC and Standard Chartered to lead a multi-tranche Hong Kong dollar bond offering, but opts to shelve any decision on a possible dollar denominated bond offering until a later date.
Firm woos BoA veteran as its new global head of transaction sales.
Standard Chartered's private equity arm invests in recently listed Greentown.
Hong Kong largest property trust is set to mandate a dual tranche bond offering early this week, but the market must first wait until the Link REIT decides which deal it wants to bring.
Standard Chartered boosts securities services with senior appointment in Singapore.
Singapore becomes the home of Standard Chartered's new Asia-Pacific commodities derivatives team.
Hong Kong bank gets set to price third subordinated deal in two years.
A revealing Temasek document with 59 questions and answers outlines its position on the acquisition of the Khoo family stake in Standard Chartered and related issues about the government-owned agency.
Standard Chartered Bank consolidates its position as India's largest international bank with acquisition of Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait.
Will HSBC follow on with KEB, or will Temasek charge in as the dark horse?