Moody's повысило с "Ba3" до "Ba1" долгосрочные рейтинги депозитов в иностранной валюте ОАО "Народный Банк Казахстана", ОАО "КАЗКОММЕРЦБАНК", ОАО "Банк ТуранАлем" и ОАО "АТФБанк"

/ИРБИС, 11.11.02/ - Как следует из сообщения, опубликованного на страницах официального представительства в сети Интернет международного рейтингового агентства Moody's Investors Service, 08 ноября 2002 года Moody's повысило с "Ba3" до "Ba1" долгосрочные рейтинги депозитов ОАО "Народный Банк Казахстана" (Алматы), ОАО "КАЗКОММЕРЦБАНК" (Алматы), ОАО "Банк ТуранАлем" (Алматы) и ОАО "АТФБанк" (Алматы). Кроме того, Moody's Investors Service повысило с "Ba2" до "Baa3" рейтинги главного необеспеченного долга, выпущенного в виде нот Kazkommerts International B.V. и TuranAlem Finance B.V. под полную гарантию ОАО "КАЗКОММЕРЦБАНК" и ОАО "Банк ТуранАлем" соответственно. Прогноз всех рейтингов "стабильный". Ниже приводится оригинальное сообщение Moody's Investors Service, опубликованное в сети Интернет. Global Credit Research, Rating Action, 8 NOV 2002. MOODY'S UPGRADES DEPOSIT RATINGS OF KAZKOMMERTSBANK, BANK TURANALEM, HALYK BANK AND ATF BANK (KAZAKHSTAN) Moody's Investors Service has upgraded to Ba1 from Ba3 the long-term foreign currency deposit ratings assigned to Kazkommertsbank, Bank TuranAlem and Halyk Bank in Kazakhstan. ATF Bank's deposit rating was also upgraded to Ba2 from Ba3. This rating action reflects Moody's belief that the largest banks in the system are likely to receive support from local authorities in case of distress, and follows the raising of the ceiling for foreign currency bank deposits in Kazakhstan to Ba1 from Ba3. The ratings of the senior unsecured notes issued by Kazkommerts International B.V. and TuranAlem Finance B.V. that are fully guaranteed by Kazkommertsbank and Bank TuranAlem, respectively, have also been raised to Baa3 from Ba2. All ratings have stable outlooks. JSC Kazkommertsbank is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan and reported total IAS consolidated assets of KZT215.1 billion (US$1.41 billion) as of 30 June 2002. Bank TuranAlem is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan and reported total IAS consolidated assets of KZT170.0 billion (US$1.11 billion) as of 30 June 2002. Halyk Bank is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan and reported total IAS consolidated assets of KZT151.9 billion (US$992.8 million) as of 30 June 2002. ATF Bank is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan and reported total IAS consolidated assets of KZT48.7 billion (US$318.6 million) as of 30 June 2002. [2002-11-11]