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Jul 2009 Africa Standard Chartered completes acquisition of First Africa Holdings Limited
Feb 2009 Asia Standard Chartered completes acquisition of Casenove Asia
Dec 2008 India Standard Chartered increases its investment in UTI Securities to 74.9%
Dec 2008 Taiwan Standard Chartered acquires the 'good bank' portion of Asia Trust and Investment Corporation
Nov 2008 Brazil Standard Chartered announces plans to acquire Lehman Brothers team in Brazil
May 2008 Vietnam Standard Chartered announces raising strategic stake in Vietnam's Asia Commercial Bank to 15%
Feb 2008 South Korea Standard Chartered to acquires South Korea's Yeahreum Mutual Savings Bank
Feb 2008 Global Standard Chartered completes acquisition of American Express Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express Company, with operations in 47 countries
Jan 2008 South Korea Standard Chartered First Bank Korea Ltd acquires an 80% stake in South Korea's A Brain, a funds administration company
Jan 2008 India Standard Chartered acquires a 49% strategic stake in India's UTI Securities, a leading local broking firm.
Dec 2007 Global Standard Chartered completes acquisition of Harrison Lovegrove, a leading global oil and gas M&A advisory boutique
Oct 2007 Global Standard Chartered acquires Pembroke, an aircraft leasing, financing and management firm
End 2006 Taiwan Launched tender offer for 100% in Hsinchu International Bank (USD1.2bn)
Sep 2006 Pakistan Acquisition of 95.37% Union Bank (USD487m)
Sep 2006 Indonesia Acquisition of 26% stake in PermataBank by the consortium of Standard Chartered Bank & PT Astra International Tbk (USD193m). Total stake held in PermataBank by consortium today is 89%.
Jun 2006 Africa Acquisition of 25% in First Africa Group Holdings Ltd
Dec 2005 N/A Acquisition of 20% stake in Fleming Family & Partners (USD78m)
Sep 2005 China Acquisition of 19.99% of China Bohai Bank (USD123m)
Aug 2005 Bangladesh Acquisition of Amex Bank's Bangladesh business (USD25m)
Jun 2005 Vietnam Acquisition of 8.56% stake in Asia Commercial Bank (USD22m)
Apr 2005 Global Acquisition of a minority stake (6%) in Travelex as part of Apax led consortium
Jan 2005 South Korea Acquisition of Korea First Bank (USD3.3bn)
Dec 2004 Global Acquisition of ANZ's Project Finance business with assets (USD15m)
Nov 2004 Indonesia Acquisition of 63% stake in PermataBank by the consortium of Standard Chartered Bank & PT Astra International Tbk (USD355m)
Jun 2004 Hong Kong Acquisition of PrimeCredit
Sep 2000 Hong Kong Acquisition of Chase Manhattan Card Company (USD1.32bn)
Jul 2000 Global Acquisition of ANZ Grindlays (USD1.34bn)