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Standard Chartered hit by surge in impairments

The bank expects large-scale benchmark rate cuts by central banks around the world to hurt its income by a further $600 million in 2020

Standard Chartered PLC’s first-quarter pretax underlying profit fell despite higher income, as credit impairments rose significantly due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pretax underlying profit fell 12% to $1.22 billion, the Asia-focused bank said Wednesday.

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