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StanChart to 'start $4.4b Asian asset sale' as part of new strategy

By Bloomberg | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-12 08:26

Standard Chartered Plc is seeking to sell at least $4.4 billion of its assets in Asia, people with knowledge of the matter said, as the lender pares its balance sheet after booking record impairments.

The London-based bank is in talks with potential buyers for about $1.4 billion of stressed loans extended to Indian companies including GMR Infrastructure Ltd, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Standard Chartered has also started a sale of around $3 billion of assets in the rest of Asia, one of them said.

Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters has pledged to review all of Standard Chartered's business lines and customer relationships, ranking their risk and returns, with the aim of restructuring or jettisoning about $100 billion of assets. In February, the bank posted its first annual loss since 1989 as revenue fell and loan impairments nearly doubled to the highest in its history.

StanChart to 'start $4.4b Asian asset sale' as part of new strategy

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