Standard Chartered's Bertamini lifts stake

A round-up of the biggest director buys today so far.

Standard Chartered's Steve Bertamini, the head of consumer banking, bought over £270,000 worth of shares in the Asian bank.

Bertamini has bought 38,000 shares at £7.22 each to increase his stake to 40,000 shares.

Last week, Standard achieved record profits in the first ten months of 2008 and said it remains well capitalised. It still took the opportunity to strengthen its balance sheet through a £1.78bn rights issue.

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