Standard Chartered has increased its holding in Standard Chartered-STCI Capital Markets to 100 per cent by acquiring the remaining 25.1 per cent stake from its local partner, the Securities Trading Corporation of India (STCI). With this, the brokerage entity becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of the foreign bank, which will soon be rebranded to reflect the new ownership. The acquisition of the last tranche comes nearly three years after the initial acquisition was made. In August 2007, Standard Chartered entered into a strategic partnership with STCI by acquiring 49 per cent in UTI Securities, which was then renamed Standard Chartered-STCI Capital Markets. Thereafter, in December 2008, Standard Chartered exercised an option to raise its stake to 74.9 per cent. While the complete acquisition cost Standard Chartered a little over Rs 300 crore, the foreign bank will infuse further capital to ramp up the broking services, including research and investment banking. […]