Standard Chartered

HSBC bolsters London wealth team with Standard Chartered hire

Lender has been on a hiring spree as it aims to woo more wealthy clients

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Zodia Markets CEO says ‘open to more acquisitions’ after buying Elwood’s OTC business

Elwood, backed by Goldman Sachs and hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard, could be just one stop on a future crypto buying spree

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Zodia Markets CEO Usman Ahmad on managing cricket and crypto

The trading platform boss on why the industry has to grow up, expansion in the Middle East, and taking time out to coach cricket

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Standard Chartered posts higher profit on trading gains

The bank’s net profit rose 5.2% to $1.22bn for the three months ended March

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Zodia Markets co-founder Nick Philpott relocates to Abu Dhabi

Philpott joins CTO Giovanni Miano and chief risk officer Mark Mathews in the UAE

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Tradfi eyes crypto land grab after years of shunning sector

The SEC’s approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in January has started a new cryptocurrency gold rush, with the biggest players in finance now joining the wagon train into the former Wild West of finance

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Standard Chartered’s Simon Cooper to leave in investment bank overhaul

The bank is looking to bolster its share price after unveiling $1.5bn cost-cutting plan

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Standard Chartered keeps bonus pool for staff at $1.6bn

Standard Chartered kept its bonus pool in line with 2022, its biggest payments since the 2008 financial crisis

Standard Chartered poaches Citigroup veteran Choe to lead global subsidiaries

Standard Chartered has made a number of key hires in recent months

Standard Chartered’s crypto firm Zodia Markets gets approval from Central Bank of Ireland

Zodia receives permission to be a virtual asset service provider in Ireland

StanChart offers 20-week equal paid parental leave

Bank becomes the latest City firm to expand benefits for employees in a bid to attract and retain talent

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StanChart’s Q4 profit boosted by higher interest rates

Standard Chartered unveiled a new share-buyback program worth $1bn, and declared a final 2022 dividend of 14 cents per share

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