Overview of services


Through a worldwide network of dealing rooms Global Treasury provides a 24 hour service to support Standard Chartered's clients in the management of their exchange and interest rate exposures.

Global Treasury provides these services in most currencies and is particularly strong in the emerging market currencies of the Far East, South Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America where it is recognised as being a first choice provider in many markets.

As market makers, Global Treasury manages the pricing risk of these products and services through its own risk management teams.

Customer profile includes private clients, local corporates, multinational companies, global corporates, investment institutions, financial institutions and Central Banks.

Client Solutions and Risk Management

• Solutions for currency and interest rate exposures:

  -	Foreign Exchange:
  	Transaction, translation, economic exposure
  -	Interest Rates:
  	Funding, enhanced deposits, hedging.
  -	Acquistions, disposals, CAPEX, dividends

• Execution and advice on efficient hedging policy implementation
• Access to onshore and offshore, illiquid and restricted currencies
• Structured products to match customers' risk appetite and requirements

Service Provided

• Foreign Exchange

  -	Spot and Forward

• Asset & Liability management

  -	Short Term loans/deposits
  -	Interest rates/Liquidity management

• Economic Research & Analysis
• Customer Risk Management

  -	Non Deliverable Forwards
  -	FX Options
  -	Interest Rate Derivatives
  	- Interest Rate Swaps
  	- Cross Currency Swaps
  	- FRAs
  	- Interest Rate Options
  	- Financial Engineering

• Payments in over 80 currencies