First-quarter revenues down 4% and pre-tax profits 22% lower were never going to get Standard Chartered (LSE: STAN) shareholders breaking out their party hats. But it’s the big year-over-year hike in loan impairments that points to the real worry investors have with this emerging market bank… Owain Bennallack investigates further in this investing video.
The Big Scary Number For Standard Chartered plc Shareholders
VIDEO: One Fool puts Standard Chartered plc (LON:STAN) under the spotlight.
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