Head to Head - StanChart: old-style banking in new markets

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Head to Head - StanChart: old-style banking in new markets

Ask any Western investment bank’s chief executive where he wants to build, and the chances are he’ll say the emerging markets. Standard Chartered has been doing nothing but emerging markets banking since the 19th century. Surely that makes it a ripe takeover target?

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