ForteBank announces results of assessment of assets quality (AQR)

02.03.20 11:00
/KASE, March 2, 2020/ – ForteBank (Nur-Sultan), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release of February 28, 2020: quote ForteBank, based on the Assets Quality Review, conducted by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with independent auditing firms, informs its clients, investors and partners, that the assessment confirmed the Bank's sustainability and a significant excess of the Bank's capital over requirements regarding regulatory and prudential capital (K1 and K2). The Assets Quality Review (AQR) was carried out in accordance with the Methodology of the European Central Bank that ensures uniform approaches in the assessment of assets, conservatism in the assessment of triggers of devaluation, completeness of information, independence and accuracy of checking procedures. The AQR served as an additional stress testing for models of reserving and collateral assessment used in the Bank, and confirmed their sufficient level of conservatism. Insignificant deviations on provision accruals according to the IFRS detected during the assessment as of April 1, 2019, made less than 1.2% of the Bank's equity and were taken into account during the review. unquote The full press release is available on KASE website – https://kase.kz/files/emitters/ASBN/asbn_reliz_280220_1.pdf [2020-03-02]