At the end of June, Standard Chartered had a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio – a standard international measure of a bank’s capital shock absorber – of 14.2 per cent, a slight rise on a year before, and a liquidity coverage ratio of 148.4 per cent.

Looking ahead, Standard Chartered said that operating income growth in 2026 on a year-on-year basis will be around the middle of the 5 to 7 per cent range at constant currency terms. Return on tangible equity will be greater than 12 per cent, it added.