The FTSE-100 listed bank that is focussed on Emerging Markets.
What is incredible is that around 90% of Standard Chartered income and profits are derived from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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A market capitalisation of over £30billion.
The annual report gives some useful insight:-
The Balance Sheet Facts:
Total assets $674,380m = £400,028 million = £400 Billion (about 26% of annual UK GDP)
Debt securities in issue, = $71.4 billion = £42.35 Billion (Bonds issued by Standard Chartered)
Total Assets Under Management from customers $58 billion = £34 Billion
Customer account deposits = $381,066 million = £226,041 million = £226 Billion
Total liabilities = $627,539 million = £372,243 = £372 Billion
Who is the single largest shareholder ?
The Singaporean state investor Temasek Holdings.
Final finding from the annual report “Wealth, The scale of the Private Banking opportunity across our markets is enormous. Today there is some $10 trillion of assets under management (AUM) from high net worth individuals in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. By 2017, this number will more than double”
This is another example of the growth in Asian and Emerging Markets, and of course a key asset is the sponsorship of the most successful team in the world, Liverpool FC, a great bank sponsoring the greatest football team in the world (of course).