By Lars Mucklejohn Standard Chartered has sailed past estimates with a 25 per cent jump in profit on the back of interest rate hikes and a solid performance from its trading and wealth divisions. The emerging markets-focused lender reported a pretax profit of $2.13bn (£1.7bn) for the first three months of 2024, up from $1.71bn (£1.36bn) in the same period last year. Its earnings beat a company-compiled analyst consensus estimate of $1.59bn (£1.27bn). Like other major lenders, Standard Chartered received a boost from higher interest rates across the world since last year. The bank has seen this…