Standard Chartered

Budget 2026: Scaling Singapore businesses’ global footprint amid rising risks

Navigating a more fractured trade environment requires a closer partnership between policy, capital and corporate enterprise

Through Partior, a blockchain-based infrastructure backed by a consortium of global banks including Standard Chartered, real-time cross-border payments are already taking place between markets such as Singapore (above)and Hong Kong.

How digital assets are shaping the future of treasury

Digital infrastructure is impacting both financial processes and the way businesses operate

The volunteers gathered for Community Chest Season of Blessings 2026 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre to pack and deliver the festive bags.
TAKING HEART

StanChart Singapore rallies largest contingent of 1,200 volunteers for festive season

They get together to pack festive bags for beneficiaries ahead of Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa

Children from ComLink+ families picked up financial literacy skills at a workshop by Standard Chartered.
COMPANY OF GOOD

To give back, Standard Chartered keeps an eye on the practical and long-term

The bank, which has operated in Singapore for over a century, believes its sustainability thrives on society’s prosperity

Thailand's currency has performed strongly despite soft fundamentals – largely because of its close correlation with gold prices, says Standard Chartered.

Diminishing returns from rate cuts set to test South-east Asia’s growth in 2026

Geopolitical risks and doubts over AI-driven expansion are reducing the economic impact of monetary easing

StanChart’s branding will feature on trackside signage; its clients will have the opportunity to benefit from a “range of exclusive experiences”, says the bank.

StanChart announces multi-year partnership with Formula 1

The bank will also work with F1 Academy to promote inclusion and champion female motorsport talent

Standard Chartered's Singapore CEO Patrick Lee says the renminbi is  increasingly seen as a "pragmatic currency" for trade settlement.

US dollar still reigns, but businesses and investors ramp up currency diversification: StanChart

Amid the USD uncertainty, discussions are resurfacing over the prospects of RMB internationalisation

Across the rest of Asia, 2026 marks a shift in growth drivers. Export-led expansion, which carried much of Asia through 2025, is giving way to investment-driven growth.

An uneasy calm takes hold in the global economy

Global growth is set to hold steady in 2026; even with sustained growth, we see elevated risks – how will these key shifts shape growth drivers in 2026?

Steve Brice (right), global chief investment officer of StanChart, and Albert Tse, chief executive of Amundi South Asia, say being overweight on gold has been their best investment call for 2025, and expect it to continue as a core growth driver for 2026.
BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE

Gold’s bullish outlook makes it a core portfolio asset, not just a hedge, say panellists

The precious metal will likely continue to rally amid geopolitical uncertainty and central bank demand, observers say

The roundtable features (from left) Albert Tse, chief executive of Amundi South Asia, and Steve Brice, global chief investment officer of StanChart. It was moderated by BT wealth editor Genevieve Cua.
BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE

Stretched valuations no barrier to global equity opportunities in 2026: panellists

Investors can still generate returns by being risk-on in a diversified manner, say market watchers