FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Standard Chartered / 21 October 2026
Standard Chartered (STAN): news on Wednesday 21 October 2026
+5.5 positive
Coverage was mostly positive, led by Jefferies reaffirming its Buy rating and an analyst piece arguing the re-rating has further to run. Smaller stories on new financing deals, a clearing membership, crypto access and leadership appointments added mild support, while UK bank tax fears were noted.
What drove it
- Jefferies Buy rating
- financing and clearing deals
- leadership appointments
The 15 stories
- +9.2 Standard Chartered: The Re-Rating Story Still Has Further Room To Run (OTCMKTS:SCBFY)
Analyst piece argues re-rating has further room to run. - +8.3 Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as Buy by Jefferies Financial Group
Jefferies reaffirms Buy rating on the shares. - +8.3 Standard Chartered stock: Jefferies reiterates Buy at GBp 3,040.00
Jefferies reiterates Buy with 3,040p target. - +5.0 LCH RepoClear welcomes Standard Chartered as agent member
Joins LCH RepoClear as agent member; business expansion. - +4.2 Best Crypto to Invest In: Pepeto Targets 500x as Standard Chartered Expands Crypto Trading Access
Bank expanding crypto trading access, though in promotional article. - +4.2 Standard Chartered Expands Financing for PT EMI, ALVA Electric Motorcycle Maker
Expands financing for electric motorcycle maker. - +3.3 Standard Chartered (LSE:STAN): Is its buyback and lifted income outlook shielding shares from UK bank tax fears this week?
Buyback and higher income outlook offset UK bank tax fears. - +3.3 SEA Digest: ALVA bags trade finance facility; Thai Ngernturbo secures $15m debt funding
Standard Chartered provides trade finance facility to ALVA; modest positive deal. - +2.5 Standard Chartered confirms Adelagun as Nigeria CEO
Nigeria CEO appointment confirmed; routine leadership news. - +2.5 Standard Chartered Nigeria confirms appointment of Ayodeji Adelagun as CEO
Nigeria CEO appointment confirmed; routine leadership news. - +1.7 Rethinking controls for institutional stablecoin adoption
Bank's own thought-leadership on stablecoin adoption; mildly positive profile. - +1.7 Standard Chartered appoints Ying Ying Tan. Standard Chartered stock is worth GBP 46.2 billion - ad-hoc-news.de
Senior appointment; routine leadership news. - +0.8 Canadian Dollar: BoC rate hike bets seen as excessive - Standard Chartered
Bank's research view on Canadian dollar; neutral. - +0.8 Canadian Dollar: Standard Chartered sees BoC rate hike bets as overdone
Bank's research view on Canadian dollar; neutral. - +0.8 Why the Canadian Dollar’s rebound isn’t just about rate-hike bets | FXStreet
Bank's FX view quoted; passing analyst commentary.
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