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Standard Chartered
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<p>Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational bank with operations in <a href="/facts/Wealth_management/h0RwN9Rd">wealth management</a>, <a href="/facts/Wholesale_banking/xLBL9mLB">corporate</a> and <a href="/facts/Investment_banking/WcxWICfI">investment banking</a>, and <a href="/facts/Treasury_services/sbmjyjVx">treasury services</a>. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct <a href="/facts/Retail_banking/GtpapKUP">retail banking</a> in the UK, and around 90% of its profits come from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. </p><p>Standard Chartered has a primary listing on the <a href="/facts/London_Stock_Exchange/V2AbyhM5">London Stock Exchange</a> and is a constituent of the <a href="/facts/FTSE_100_Index/spHl9KWk">FTSE 100 Index</a>. It has secondary listings on the <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange/BoECL2kl">Hong Kong Stock Exchange</a>, the <a href="/facts/National_Stock_Exchange_of_India/Irog9lhA">National Stock Exchange of India</a>, and <a href="/facts/OTC_Markets_Group/gaCUSLJV">OTC Markets Group Pink</a>. Its largest shareholder is the <a href="/facts/Government_of_Singapore/fAV4JzdP">Government of Singapore</a>-owned <a href="/facts/Temasek_Holdings/NKAvb2Lv">Temasek Holdings</a>. The <a href="/facts/Financial_Stability_Board/WXjKxJLQ">Financial Stability Board</a> considers it a <a href="/facts/Systemically_important_financial_institution/3osfC6Q8">systemically important bank</a>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Vi%25C3%25B1als/6pHUJuPx">José Viñals</a> is the group chairman of Standard Chartered. <a href="/facts/Bill_Winters/PcTkuFtt">Bill Winters</a> is the current group chief executive. Diego De Giorgi is the current group chief financial officer. </p>