Following our review of Standard Chartered group, we believe that the group's intrinsic creditworthiness has deteriorated when compared with its peers. As a result, we lowered our rating on Standard Chartered group entities, including Standard Chartered PLC (SCPLC), Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), and their subsidiaries. HONG KONG (Standard&Poor's) March 31, 2016--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services took the following rating actions on Standard Chartered entities and, where relevant, removed the ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications where they were placed on Feb. 26, 2016. To From Standard Chartered PLC (SCPLC) BBB+/Stable/A-2 A-/Watch Neg/A-2 Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) A/Positive/A-1 A+/ Watch Neg/A-1 Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. (SCBHK) A+/Positive/A-1 AA-/Watch Neg/A-1+ Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd. A/Positive/A-1 A+/ Watch