Moody's снизило рейтинговые оценки АО "АТФБанк" (Казахстан), прогноз "Негативный"

/Moody's Investors Service, Лондон, 11.10.11, перевод и заголовок KASE/ - Рейтинговое агентство Moody's Investors Service сегодня понизило рейтинги долгосрочных депозитов АТФБанка в местной и иностранной валюте с Ba2 до Ba3, рейтинг старшего необеспеченного долга банка в иностранной валюте - с Ba2 до Ba3, рейтинг его младшего субординированного долга в иностранной валюте - с B1 до B2. Кроме того, Moody's присвоило негативный прогноз депозитным и долговым рейтингам банка. Рейтинг финансовой устойчивости АТФБанка Е+, стремящийся к В3 по долгосрочной шкале, остался неизменным и сохраняет прогноз "стабильный". Сегодняшние рейтинговые мероприятия завершают пересмотр рейтингов АТФБанка в сторону понижения, начатый 14 июня 2011 г. Ниже приводится оригинальный текст сообщения Moody's на английском языке. London, 11 October 2011 - Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded ATF Bank's long-term local and foreign-currency deposit ratings to Ba3 from Ba2, its foreign-currency senior unsecured debt rating to Ba3 from Ba2 and foreign-currency junior subordinated debt rating to B2 from B1. Moody's has also assigned a negative outlook to the bank's deposit and debt ratings. ATF Bank's E+ standalone bank financial strength rating (BFSR) - which maps to B3 on the long-term rating scale - is unaffected by this and continues to carry a stable outlook. Today's rating actions conclude the review for downgrade of ATF's ratings, implemented on 14 June 2011. RATINGS RATIONALE The decision to downgrade the bank's ratings is triggered by (i) Moody's downgrade of UniCredit's ratings on 5 October 2011 (UniCredit is ATF Bank's ultimate parent); and (ii) Moody's reassessment of parental support probability extended to ATF Bank, from UniCredit. "We have lowered our assumption of parental support probability for ATF Bank's ratings to moderate from high, as we consider that the subsidiary's strategic importance for UniCredit has diminished,"explains Armen Dallakyan, a Moody's Assistant Vice President and lead analyst for ATF Bank. "Consequently, ATF Bank's deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings now receive three-notches of rating uplift from the bank's standalone credit strength of B3," adds Mr Dallakyan. Moody's has also removed the low systemic support probability for ATF Bank, which however has not had any rating impact. The rating agency believes that the only external support provider for the bank is likely to be UniCredit. As reflected in the negative outlook, the bank's deposit and debt ratings may be further downgraded if UniCredit's ratings are downgraded, or if Moody's revises downwards its assumption of moderate parental support. ATF Bank's ratings are also likely to be downgraded if the bank's BFSR is downgraded. PRINCIPAL METHODOLOGIES The methodologies used in this rating were Bank Financial Strength Ratings: Global Methodology published in February 2007, and Incorporation of Joint- Default Analysis into Moody's Bank Ratings: A Refined Methodology published in March 2007. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of these methodologies. Headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, ATF Bank reported total assets of USD6.57 billion and total capital of USD239 million, in accordance with its audited IFRS financial statements at year-end 2010. 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