Standard Chartered Reports Strong First Half, Good Progress on Restructuring
Standard Chartered reported a strong first half of 2016, with good progress on its restructuring. The bank reported a first-half pretax profit of...
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STAN ROA Now at 0.17%
Nobody can argue with the profit turnaround at STAN. I am not sure that a 17bps ROA is something to cheer about. Even Japan’s banks are about...
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Singapore Property : Mid-Year Health Check
Singapore property market in the second half of 2016 continues to remain challenging with declining price index, in view of the deteriorating...
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10 Years' Anniversary of the Collapse of Hedge Fund Amaranth - Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
“Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time or he'll soon have no job to be on.” - Reminiscences...
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Standard Chartered Lands a Winner With New Board Chairman
We had been wondering when John Peace might step down as chairman of the board for Standard Chartered, as the bank had previously only indicated...
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