Where will the marathon on 2 October 2016 be held that is chartered by a financial service that despite its UK base, makes 90% of its profits overseas?
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Jersey Marathon The Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon is an annual marathon staged in Jersey, Channel Islands. The 11th event will be held on 2 October 2016.
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Standard Chartered Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, England. It operates a network of more than 1,200 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.
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National Bank of Greece The National Bank of Greece (NBG; Greek: Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος ) is a global banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece. From the operations in Greece come 85% of its pretax preprovision profits, complemented by 15% from Southeastern Europe. The group offers financial products and services for corporate and institutional clients along with private and business customers. Services include banking services, brokerage, insurance, asset management, shipping finance, leasing and factoring markets. The group is the second largest Greek bank by total assets and the second largest by market capitalisation of 3 Billion Euro as at 23 May 2017. It is the largest by deposits in Greece, it is not the largest by assets in Greece, trailing Piraeus Bank. It is third largest by Greek loan assets trailing Piraeus Bank and Alpha Bank.
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Prudential plc Prudential plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in London in May 1848 as "The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association" to provide loans to professional and working people.
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MONILINK MONILINK Limited is the banking service operating in the United Kingdom that gives customers access to their financial information directly from their mobile phones. Created in 2003 MONILINK is a joint venture between Monitise and LINK (UK). Promotional material promises consumers that, through the service: “The future of banking is in your hands”.
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International Financial Services District The International Financial Services District (IFSD) is a ten-year public-private project in Glasgow, Scotland. Based at Scottish Enterprise, the £1 billion venture aims to create an attractive inward investment location for leading international financial services companies and a re-location option for existing Glasgow-based companies, seeking to expand their operations.
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Standard Chartered Korea Standard Chartered Korea (officially Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited, formerly SC First Bank, Hangul: SC제일은행) is a banking and financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered. It was created by the acquisition of the former Korea First Bank by Standard Chartered in 2005.
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SBI Cards SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd., or SBICPSL, is a payment solutions provider in India. It is incorporated as a joint venture between the State Bank of India, India's largest bank, and GE Capital. They are headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana/ Delhi NCR and have branches in over 50 cities across India. For the financial year ended March 31, 2016, SBI Card recorded a net profit of ₹271 crore and profit before tax of about ₹438 crore. As of October 2016,the company has a customer base of 4 million credit cards .
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St. James's Place plc St. James's Place plc (branded as St. James's Place Wealth Management) is a UK-based wealth management business. It is headquartered in Cirencester and has 20 regional offices throughout the UK among recently acquired offices in China and Hong Kong. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1997 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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Capco The Capital Markets Company N.V., referred to as Capco, is a global business and technology consultancy based in London, UK with offices in financial centers across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Capco works only in the financial services industry, unlike the Big Four professional services firms. As of the 1st November 2015, Capco had more than 3,000 employees internationally, and 23 offices.
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Morgan Sindall Group Morgan Sindall Group plc () is a British based construction services business headquartered in London. It is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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Insurance and Pensions Authority The Insurance and Pensions Authority (Manx: "Lught-reill Urryssaght as Penshynyn" ) or IPA was the statutory body responsible for the regulation and supervision of pensions and insurance businesses operated in or from the Isle of Man. In 2015, the IPA merged with the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) to form the Financial Services Authority (IOMFSA).
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BNP Paribas BNP Paribas (] ) is an international banking group with a presence in 75 countries. It is listed on the First Market of Euronext Paris and is included in the CAC 40 index. At 31 December 2016, net income attributable to equity holders was EUR7,702 million.
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Btc.sx Btc.sx is a multinational company that engages in bitcoin trading and brokerage. The company offers a trading platform in digital currency derivatives such as margin trading to retail traders. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London's Silicon Roundabout. ZDNet reports Btc.sx to be one of the first bitcoin companies that voided the necessity of all other currencies other than Bitcoin. The company was launched from Sydney, Australia, and is run by CEO Joseph Lee who co-founded the company alongside George Samman and Vincent Hoong. Shortly after its launch, Lee moved operations to London favouring a dual incorporation model between Singapore and United Kingdom. The company also has operations in New York City.
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Service bureau A service bureau is a company that provides business services for a fee. The term has been extensively used to describe technology-based services to financial services companies, particularly banks. Service Bureaus are a significant sector within the growing 3D Printing industry that allow customers to make a decision whether to buy their own equipment or outsource production. Customers of service bureaus typically do not have the scale or expertise to incorporate these services into their internal operations and prefer to outsource them to a service bureau. Outsourced payroll services constitute a commonly provisioned service from a service bureau.
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Rabobank Rabobank (] ; full name: "Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.") is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is a global leader in food and agriculture financing and sustainability-oriented banking. The group comprises 129 independent local Dutch Rabobanks (2013), a central organisation (Rabobank Nederland), and a large number of specialised international offices and subsidiaries. Food and agribusiness constitute the primary international focus of the Rabobank Group. Rabobank is the second-largest bank in the Netherlands in terms of total assets.
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World Federation of Exchanges The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), formerly the "Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs" (FIBV), or International Federation of Stock Exchanges, is the trade association of 63 publicly regulated stock, futures, and options exchanges. Its market operators are responsible for operating the key components of the financial world. It is based in London, United Kingdom, and was founded in 1961.
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London Triathlon The London Triathlon (currently known as the "AJ Bell London Triathlon", and previously the "Virgin Active London Triathlon", "Mazda London Triathlon" and the "Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon", for sponsorship reasons) is the largest triathlon in the world. As of 2016 it will be the largest triathlon in the world and also the only triathlon to take place in central London following the relocation of the ITU event up to Leeds.
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Jeremy Hosking Jeremy John Hosking (born 20 July 1958), is an English businessman and political donor. He made his fortune through investment and private equity, including as a co-founder and investment portfolio manager for private investment fund Marathon Asset Management. He donated £1.7 million to Vote Leave in 2016 and supported pro-Brexit candidates in the 2017 general election. Hosking is a large collector of steam locomotives, and a shareholder of Crystal Palace F.C.. He was ranked number 309 in the Sunday Times Rich List in 2015, with a net worth of £330 million.
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Gfinity Gfinity, founded in 2012, is a UK based eSports company which operates globally. It is based in London at the UK's only dedicated eSports Arena and is listed on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market trading under LON:GFIN.
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Al Rayan Bank Al Rayan Bank PLC (formerly known as Islamic Bank of Britain) is a commercial bank in the United Kingdom, established in August 2004 to offer Sharia compliant financial service products to customers of any faith. The bank has branches in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leicester and agencies in Blackburn, Luton, Tooting, Wembley, Ilford, Bradford and Glasgow. It is the first British bank claiming to operate, in its entirety, according to Islamic principles. The bank welcomes people of all faiths and is becoming increasingly popular with non-Muslims, looking for an ethical alternative to conventional banks.
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Royal Mail Royal Mail plc (Welsh: "Post Brenhinol" ; Scottish Gaelic: "a' Phuist Rìoghail" ) is a postal service and courier company in the United Kingdom, originally established in 1516. The company's subsidiary, Royal Mail Group Limited, operates the brands Royal Mail (letters) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). General Logistics Systems, an international logistics company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group.