Fitch Ratings подтвердило кредитные рейтинги ЗАО "Банк Развития Казахстана" на уровне ВВ/позитивный/В и изменило рейтинг поддержки с "4Т" на "3"

/ИРБИС, 28.07.03/ - ЗАО "Банк Развития Казахстана" (Астана), облигации которого торгуются на Казахстанской фондовой бирже (KASE) в официальном списке ценных бумаг категории "А", сообщило в минувшую пятницу на KASE о том, что 22 июля 2003 года агентство Fitch Ratings Ltd. подтвердило долгосрочный кредитный рейтинг банка на уровне "ВВ" с позитивным прогнозом, краткосрочный - на уровне "В". Кроме того, как сообщает банк, агентство повысило рейтинг поддержки ЗАО "Банк Развития Казахстана" с уровня "4Т" до "3". При работе с оригинальными материалами Fitch Ratings Ltd., опубликованных на официальном сайте агентства в сети Интернет, выяснилось, что изменение рейтинга поддержки ЗАО "Банк Развития Казахстана" не является повышением в полном смысле этого слова, а вызвано пересмотром агентством Fitch методики оценки и шкалы рейтингов поддержки банков. В рамках этой работы агентство пересмотрело рейтинги поддержки всех 1 264 банков, изучаемых Fitch, и, в частности, семи банков Казахстана. Оригинальное сообщение Fitch Ratings Ltd., опубликованное на официальном сайте агентства по данному поводу, приводится ниже в полном объеме. FITCH ANNOUNCES FORMAL LAUNCH OF NEW SUPPORT RATINGS FOR BANKS 22 Jul 2003 9:00 AM Fitch Ratings-London/New York-22 July 2003: Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, has today formally launched its new Support ratings for all 1,264 banks to which it ascribes such ratings. The new ratings have been assigned in accordance with April's announcement of the new bank Support rating methodology. Fitch remains the global market leader in bank ratings, and its Support ratings are unique to the industry. They are the agency's assessment of the probability of external support being provided - by either a sovereign state or an institutional owner - should a bank be in imminent danger of defaulting. Essentially, there are two components to this assessment. First, the potential supporter's ability to provide support is measured in terms of its own Fitch Long- term debt rating. Second, its willingness to provide support is assessed on the basis of a number of criteria, including systemic importance, and, in the case of institutional support, strategic significance and potential reputation risk. An important feature of the new Support ratings is that they are explicitly linked to the familiar Long-term debt ratings by means of rating "floors", e.g. the Long-term debt rating of a bank, whose Support rating is 1', should not fall below 'A-' (A minus). As before, the assessment of the intrinsic stand-alone credit quality of a bank is indicated by Fitch's Individual ratings, first introduced to the market in 1980. Fitch has today posted to its website a list of banks, showing their Support ratings under both the new and the previous methodologies. This is available free of charge on www.fitchratings.com by selecting 'Sectors'/'Banks and Securities Firms'/'New Support Ratings List'. In making today's announcement, Gerry Rawcliffe, a managing director within the Financial Institutions group, commented that "Fitch's track record in analyzing bank support is very strong. The new methodology builds on that. It enhances transparency, and, by means of explicit Long-term rating floors, adds value, in particular to the capital markets, which will now have a clear opinion on the scale of the down-side risk they face." It should be stressed that, although the old and the new ratings are designated in terms of the same numeric scale (1-5), the new Support ratings are based on a revised methodology and new rating definitions. It is, therefore, incorrect to refer to Support ratings having been raised or lowered as a result of this process, and a movement from one category to another does not imply a shift in Fitch's fundamental view of the likelihood of support for any given bank nor of its actual creditworthiness. Thus, the introduction of the new methodology has not resulted in changes to our Long- and Short-term debt ratings of banks. A criteria report backing today's announcement, which includes the new rating definitions, is also available on www.fitchratings.com by selecting Sectors'/'Banks and Securities Firms'/'Criteria Reports'. The report also includes an analysis of the migration from the old ratings to the new. Fitch Ratings' Individual and Support ratings are assigned to banks that are legal entities. The agency notes that the term "banks" includes bank holding companies and bancassurance holding companies, bancassurance companies operating as single legal entities, investment banks and private banks. These ratings are not assigned to insurance companies even if these form part of a bancassurance group. Individuals and families who own banks are not taken into account in Fitch's Support ratings criteria. It is the agency's opinion that their motivation is likely to be ruled by sentiment and the instinct of self-preservation and therefore their propensity to provide support is impossible to predict. Further, their ability to support cannot usually be assessed. Thus, unless there is a possibility of support from the state, banks with such ownership are assigned the lowest Support rating. Contact: David Andrews, London, Tel: +44(0)20 7417 4302 Gerry Rawcliffe, London, Tel: +44(0)20 7862 4019 Fred Puorro, New York, Tel: +1 212 908 0356 Media Relations: Campbell McIlroy +44 20 7417 4327, London [2003-07-28]