Barclays' biggest shareholder is Middle Eastern, while Temasek, Singapore's investment arm, owns a fifth of StanChart.

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StanChart point out that their prediction of a construction boom next year hinges on government policy.

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"The price is in the eye of the beholder, " says Stanchart's Rana.

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The Chase purchase adds 700, 000 Hong Kong credit-card clients to Stanchart's 1.2 million, giving it a share of over 25% in the lucrative market.

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The Bank Bali retreat notwithstanding, Stanchart is still interested in Indonesia.

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Khoo came into the banking limelight in 1986 when he helped rescue Stanchart, as it is sometimes known, from Lloyds TSB Group by increasing his 5% share.

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"Hong Kong is Stanchart's largest single market, " he explains.

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"Reaching an early settlement means that StanChart avoids the potentially awkward hearing with the NYDFS.... and, critically, eliminates the immediate risk that the bank could lose its New York banking licence, " Symonds said.

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Like HSBC, StanChart arranged its own bond sale.

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Khoo came into the banking limelight in 1986 when he helped rescue Stanchart, as it is sometimes known, from Lloyds TSB Group (nyse: LYG - news - people ) by increasing his 5% share.

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