Moody's снизило рейтинговые оценки АО "Банк ЦентрКредит" (Казахстан)

/Moody's Investors Service, Москва, 18.04.11, перевод и заголовок KASE/ - Рейтинговое агентство Moody's Investors Service сегодня понизило долгосрочный рейтинг в иностранной валюте Банка ЦентрКредит (БЦК) с Ba3 до B1. Глобальные долгосрочные рейтинги БЦК в местной и иностранной валюте были также снижены с Ba3 и B1 до B2, соответственно, а его рейтинг младшего субординированного долга в иностранной валюте - B3(Hyb) до Caa1(Hyb). Одновременно Moody's присвоило банку рейтинги депозитов в местной валюте на уровне B1/Not Prime. Рейтинговые действия следуют за оценкой Moody's аудированной финансовой отчетности БЦК за 2010 г., подготовленной в соответствии с МСФО. Ниже приводится оригинальный текст сообщения Moody's на английском языке. Moscow, April 18, 2011 - Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded the long-term foreign-currency deposit rating of Bank CenterCredit (BCC) to B1 from Ba3. BCC's global long-term local and foreign-currency senior unsecured debt ratings were also downgraded to B2 from Ba3 and B1, respectively, and its junior subordinated foreign-currency debt rating to Caa1(Hyb) from B3(Hyb). Concurrently, Moody's assigned B1/Not Prime local-currency deposit ratings to the bank. The rating actions follow Moody's assessment of BCC's audited financial statements for 2010, prepared under IFRS. At the same time, BCC's Not Prime short-term foreign-currency deposit ratings and its E+ stand-alone bank financial strength rating (BFSR) were affirmed, but the BFSR was remapped to B2 on the long-term scale from B1. The outlook on the BFSR ratings is stable, while the deposit and debt ratings carry a negative outlook. RATINGS RATIONALE The downgrade of BCC's debt and deposit ratings reflects weakening of the bank's stand-alone financial rating (BFSR) within the E+ category, now mapping to a long-term rating scale of B2. "The deterioration of the bank's financial profile stems primarily from the considerable weakening of the bank's capital position over the recent period due to ongoing impairment in the loan book," says Semyon Isakov, a Moody's Assistant Vice-President and lead analyst for the bank. "In addition, a material deterioration of BCC's net interest margin in 2010 led to negative operating efficiency in the most recent financial quarter, which prevented it from absorbing mounting credit losses and created additional negative pressure on the bank's capital adequacy," adds Mr. Isakov. At end-February 2011, BCC's level of overdue loans increased to 20.2% of its gross loan book while the level of loan loss reserves was 14.9% in accordance with regulatory data. In addition, Moody's notes that KZT64.6 billion (US$438 million) or 8.1% of the gross loan book was restructured, otherwise these loans would be past due or impaired in accordance with the bank's IFRS as at YE2010. In 2010, BCC's net interest margin shrank considerably to 1.2% (2009: 3.5%, 2008: 4.7%), reflecting the high level of non-performing loans, declining yields in the sector and the negative result from excessive liquidity as the customer deposit base grew rapidly compared to the loan book. In the second half of 2010, weak net interest margin negatively impacted BCC's overall operating performance, resulting in losses at the pre-provision level. Given the above-mentioned concerns, Moody's considers the 7.6% equity- to- assets ratio - as reported under the local regulatory standards - to be weak against the background of ongoing negative pressure stemming from the bank's currently negative operating performance and high level of problem loans in the loan book that could potentially lead to a further notable deterioration in the bank's capital profile. BCC is currently planning to address the above-mentioned issues by: (i) targeting 10% growth of the loan book in 2011; (ii) decreasing the level of expensive customer funding; (iii) investing its low-yield liquid assets in assets with higher returns and (iv) is anticipating recovery in already created loan loss reserves. However, Moody's said that it has yet to see the positive effect from these measures given the challenges faced by Kazakh banks, i.e. subdued demand for new loans, low interest rates due to strong competition and excessive liquidity in the sector, and lack of clear evidence of recovery in the value of underlying assets. Notwithstanding the above-mentioned concerns, Moody's notes that BCC's stand-alone financial profile is underpinned by a healthy liquidity profile due to the high cushion of liquid assets(cash and government bonds) that amounted to KZT462 billion(US$3.1 billion) or 37.7% of the bank's IFRS total assets at YE2010. The negative outlook on BCC's debt and deposit ratings reflects ongoing pressure on the bank's stand-alone financial profile that could, in the short to medium term, warrant a downwards adjustment in BCC's mapping of the E+ BFSR to the long-term rating scale by one notch if the bank's capital position continued to deteriorate. The assigned B1/Not Prime local-currency deposit ratings are at the same level with BCC's foreign-currency deposit ratings and are based on the bank's E+ BFSR( now mapping to a long-term rating scale of B2) and low probability of systemic support. The principal methodologies used in this rating were Bank Financial Strength Ratings: Global Methodology published in February 2007, Incorporation of Joint- Default Analysis into Moody's Bank Ratings: A Refined Methodology published in March 2007, and Moody's Guidelines for Rating Bank Hybrid Securities and Subordinated debt published in November 2009. Headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, BCC reported - under IFRS - total assets of KZT1.224 trillion (US$8.3 billion) and shareholders' equity of KZT84.7 billion (US$ 575 million). Net loss for 2010 was KZT31 billion (US$208 million). REGULATORY DISCLOSURES Information sources used to prepare the credit rating are the following: parties involved in the ratings, parties not involved in the ratings, public information, and confidential and proprietary Moody's Investors Service information. Moody's Investors Service considers the quality of information available on the issuer or obligation satisfactory for the purposes of maintaining a credit rating. Moody's adopts all necessary measures so that the information it uses in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources Moody's considers to be reliable including, when appropriate, independent third- party sources. 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Moscow Semyon Isakov Asst Vice President - Analyst Financial Institutions Group Moody's Eastern Europe LLC Telephone: +7 495 228 6060 Facsimile: +7 495 228 6091 Moscow Yaroslav Sovgyra VP - Senior Credit Officer Financial Institutions Group Moody's Eastern Europe LLC Telephone: +7 495 228 6060 Facsimile: +7 495 228 6091 Moody's Eastern Europe LLC 7th floor, Four Winds Plaza 21 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya St. Moscow 125047 Russia Telephone: +7 495 228 6060 Facsimile: +7 495 228 6091 [2011-04-18]