• Transaction Banking
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  • Cash Management
  • Trade Finance Services
• Global Markets
  • Information Available & Products
• Financial Institutions
• Commodity Traders & Agribusiness

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Global Markets

With our presence across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Standard Chartered is an acknowledged global leader in foreign currency services in over 50 countries.

Periodical Economic Reports

Standard Chartered provides you with monthly and quarterly reports covering the latest developments in the market place produced by our dedicated treasury economists. Strategic market analysis, country and currency reports are also produced periodically. Views on interest rates, currencies and economies along with future projections are given. This research gives you detailed insights into the markets in a clear and concise manner and enables you to decide your dealing strategy with the benefit of accurate market information.

Dedicated Sales team

We have a dedicated Sales team to keep you informed and assist you to choose the treasury products best suited to your needs. The sales team stays in touch with customers and understands their business to ensure that we give you the best service that we can.

Products We Offer

Innovative foreign exchange (FX) solutions are a key element of Standard Chartered's award-winning financial markets capabilities. Few providers, if any, have the depth and breadth of our FX coverage; none can match our capabilities in emerging markets, illiquid and restricted currencies. Whether you need to manage risk or look at investment opportunities, our superior integrated solutions can make all the difference to your business.

We offer a comprehensive range of solutions from simple strategies executed online, via our Online Treasury (OLT) on Straight2Bank, to sophisticated tailored strategies with our experienced Sales team.

Standard Chartered Bank was the first bank to introduce and trade in FX options products on the Zambian market. We offer such competitive and innovative structured solutions to our clients by combining superior structuring capabilities with an extensive local presence.

Standard Chartered offers a range of Interest Rate hedging and investment strategies to suit all risk appetites and profiles. This includes tailor-made strategies designed to capitalise on specific market views and alternative investment and hedging opportunities.

Exposure to commodity price fluctuations can significantly erode profit margins, debt serviceability, credit worthiness and even share price. Standard Chartered provides the advice and risk solutions you require to navigate volatile commodity markets – enabling you to hedge against the unexpected. We offer solutions across the full spectrum of commodities from vanilla products to sophisticated tailored strategies for risk management, financing and investment.

Yield Enhancement

Yield Enhancement is one of the primary goals for investors and clients using our foreign exchange and rates services. Using the expertise that Standard Chartered has in money markets, fixed income and client-driven product structuring, we have launched several products to meet the specific yield enhancement needs of our clients.

Capital Markets

Standard Chartered has established a formidable reputation for being an innovative market leader and a reliable business partner, providing clients with the most effective capital-raising solutions to achieve their financing and investment objectives. With strong origination, distribution and structuring capabilities we offer clients a wide range of fixed income and syndication services. Our in-depth understanding of the local framework in the world's domestic debt and loan markets, product expertise and wide geographic reach, help you achieve your financing and investment objectives.

Debt Capital Markets

Our proven knowledge, product capabilities and global reach make us well-suited to matching investors' needs with the funding requirements of international and domestic issuers.

Raising capital? Tap into our expertise at structuring instruments such as:

• Fixed and floating rate notes
• Medium term notes (MTN) and MTN programs
• Certificates of deposit
• Bills of exchange

Syndications

Standard Chartered has extensive experience and capabilities in structuring, underwriting and distributing innovative financing solutions for clients.

For further information on the Global Markets Product Suite contact:
Stanley Tamele,
Head of Global Markets,
Tel: +260 211 238627,
Email: Stanley.Tamele@sc.com