  standard chartered plc is a british multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in london. it operates a network of more than 1,700 branches and outlets (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) across more than 70 countries and employs around 87,000 people. it is a universal bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. despite its uk base, it does not conduct retail banking in the uk, and around 90% of its profits come from asia, africa and the middle east. standard chartered has a primary listing on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index. it had a market capitalisation of approximately Â£33&nbsp;billion as of 23 december 2011, the 13th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the london stock exchange. it has secondary listings on the hong kong stock exchange and the national stock exchange of india. its largest shareholder is the government of singapore-owned temasek holdings.{{cite news|last=lin|first=liza|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aoxuc8oxidas&refer=home|title=temasek raises bet on financial stocks with stanchart|publisher=bloomberg|date=25 november 20
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