With our in-depth understanding of the local regulatory framework in the world’s domestic debt and loan markets, product expertise and wide geographic reach, we work with you to help achieve your financing and investment objectives.
Living up to our promise to be ‘more local than the international banks and more international than the local banks’, we have introduced landmark deals, multi-jurisdiction cross-border solutions and sophisticated structured deals to meet your capital markets requirements - wherever in the world you operate.
That includes helping investor clients to tap attractive yields and better manage their risk-return profile through equity derivatives, as well as fixed income, local and G3 currency onshore and offshore capabilities.
Actively engaged in building and developing the financial markets in countries such as China, Vietnam and Bangladesh, we bring to the regulators our perspective as a primary dealer in other Asian markets.
We have consistently been recognised as an industry leader by prestigious international capital markets publications for our stewardship in local currency bond, syndication and securitisation markets. This coupled with our cross-border financing capabilities for clients across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, strong Islamic financing and syndication capabilities, as well as our ability to execute successful transactions in times of market volatility, clearly positions us, as a market leader in the field of debt financing.
Find out more about our capital markets products:
Debt capital markets
Syndications
Asset-backed securities
Credit derivatives
Convertible bonds / equity derivatives
Award-winning, league table-topping
Leverage our strengths as a leading debt house in Asia, with consistently high league table rankings in loan syndications and local currency fixed income.
We have also won numerous awards for various innovative structures as well as overall recognition as a bond / debt house.
Benefit from our experience:
Asia
As well as being leaders in the Asian debt and loan markets of Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, we have also expanded our fixed income coverage to China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
We have set benchmarks in the Asian capital markets by bringing new / rare international issuers from a wide range of industry sectors to participate in large local landmark transactions.
Consistently secured repeat mandates from our clients are proof of their confidence in our abilities.
Middle East and Pakistan
Standard Chartered is a key player in the debt markets of Pakistan and the Gulf. In Pakistan, we are also one of the approved dealers in government securities and have established a strong position as a leading distributor to institutional and corporate investors.
In the Gulf, we are one of the main banks leading the development of the conventional and Islamic debt market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), having co-managed the first conventional bond in the market for Emirates Airlines and joint lead-managed the first Islamic bond (Sukuk) to be issued by the Government of Dubai.
We also actively participate in the wholesale of Eurobonds throughout the Gulf region.
Africa
We combine our local market experience and global product expertise to customise a wide range of financial solutions to meet the needs of issuers and investors in Africa for longer term funding and investment.
Our capital markets operations span the key markets of East Africa - Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Central and West Africa – Ghana and Nigeria.