Standard Chartered Bank Executive: No Plans For Further Fundraising To Meet Capital Ratio
2011年6月13日 - 5:27PM
Dow Jones News
Standard Chartered Bank PLC (SNTDF) isn't looking to raise fresh
funds to meet its capital ratio requirements, Jaspal Bindra, group
executive director of the bank, said Monday.
Bindra said the bank's tier-1 ratio is at 11.8% and the
requirement for Basel III norms is 7%.
Bindra spoke to Dow Jones on the sidelines of the World Economic
East Asia Forum.
He said the bank is waiting for an indication from the U.K.
government about the additional buffer Standard Chartered Bank
would have to keep over and above the Basel III guidelines.
"There is enough room between 7% and 11.8%," Bindra said adding
that the bank may not need to embark on another round of fund
raising.
Late last year, Standard Chartered Bank raised GPB3.25 billion
to meet Basel III guidelines.
-By P.R. Venkat, Dow Jones Newswires; +612 8272 4685;
venkat.pr@dowjones.com