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Standard Chartered Standard Chartered is to acquire Cazenove Asia, the corporate finance and institutional brokerage business with offices in Hong Kong, London, Singapore, China and the US, from JPMorgan Cazenove. 14-Nov-2008 Standard Chartered is planning to expand its investment banking operation by increasing the 100 staff in its acquisitions and leveraged finance team by 25-30%. 09-Jun-2008 Standard Chartered is to acquire American Express Bank of the US from American Express for £430m. 19-Sep-2007 Standard Chartered is to acquire Pembroke Group, the Irish aircraft leasing, financing and management firm, from Medulla Asset Managers. 13-Sep-2007 Standard Chartered is to acquire Harrison Lovegrove, the oil and gas advisory firm with 47 staff in London, Russia, Australia, Malaysia, Canada and the US, for undisclosed terms. 06-Sep-2007 Standard Chartered is to acquire the London-based project finance business of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group. 27-Oct-2004 Standard Chartered is seeking a suitable location for a new headquarters in London, in order to consolidate its six existing sites. 01-Mar-2004 Standard Chartered has bought 20twenty, the South African online bank, out of liquidation. 06-Aug-2003 Standard Chartered is planning to open 23 bank branches in India this year, taking the total to 81. 05-Feb-2003 Standard Chartered is to sell its Geneva-based private banking operation to Prudential Financial of the US. 17-Jan-2002 Standard Chartered is seeking credit card acquisitions in Hong Kong, and has also announced plans to list in Hong Kong and raise £450m in a share issue. 02-Aug-2001 Standard Chartered is to shed 60 jobs in London, as part of a reorganisation of its private banking and wealth management operations. 06-Jun-2001 Standard Chartered is looking to expand its retail banking and consumer debt operations in the Far East, and has confirmed plans to centralise its back-office processing and customer support functions at two hubs in India and Malaysia. 22-Feb-2001 Standard Chartered has sold its Chartered Trust leasing and motor finance subsidiary to Lloyds TSB for £627m, and has also announced the acquisition of Chase Manhattan's credit card business in Hong Kong for £825m. 04-Sep-2000 Standard Chartered is closing its share underwriting and mergers and acquisitions business in Singapore and Hong Kong, in order to focus on commercial banking. 22-Aug-2000 Standard Chartered has announced a £480m restructuring plan for its international banking business, which will involve 4,800 job losses and an investment of £280m in new customer service systems. 03-Aug-2000 Standard Chartered is looking to sell Chartered Trust, its consumer finance and contract hire business, in order to raise about £600m and focus on its operations in emerging markets. 31-May-2000 Standard Chartered is to acquire banking group Grindlays from its Australian parent ANZ for £823m, in order to become the leading international bank in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. 28-Apr-2000 Standard Chartered has withdrawn from a deal to acquire control of Bank Bali from the Indonesian government. 16-Dec-1999 Standard Chartered is to acquire 89% of Metropolitan Bank of the Lebanon for undisclosed terms. 30-Nov-1999 Standard Chartered is to acquire the non-Swiss trade finance business of UBS for £130m, in order to strengthen its position in Latin America and Asia. 06-Mar-1999 Standard Chartered has been selected as preferred bidder for the global trade finance operation of UBS of Switzerland, which is thought to be worth about £440m. 11-Dec-1998 Standard Chartered is in discussions to sell its Asian motor vehicle financing business. 09-Dec-1998 Standard Chartered Bank is bidding to acquire 75% of the Misr America International Bank in Egypt, in a $100m deal. 04-Dec-1998 Standard Chartered Bank is to set up a dedicated sales force at its 99 branches in Hong Kong and Singapore to sell general insurance policies on behalf of CGU. 17-Nov-1998 Britax International is selling its Autolease vehicle management business to Standard Chartered for £83m, and its Dutch vehicle leasing and dealership business to Pon Holdings for £2.7m, in order to complete its withdrawal from the motor trade. 22-Aug-1998 Barclays and Standard Chartered have dismissed reports that they were negotiating the creation of a £36bn international banking group. 24-Feb-1998 National Westminster Bank is to use Standard Chartered to handle its trade processing in Asia, and will close its own operations in the region. 09-May-1997 Standard Chartered is planning to invest in the strengthening of its protected position in a number of Asian banking markets, in order to prepare for the time when the protection disappears. 27-Feb-1997 Standard Chartered has signed a deal with Westpac, the Australian commercial bank, which will give Westpac customers access to its Asian banking network. 28-Nov-1996 Standard Chartered, the bank, is merging its corporate and institutional businesses into one division, a move that will result in some cost savings. 28-Sep-1996 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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