Fitch подтвердило рейтинг АТФ-банка (Казахстан) на уровне "В+"

/REUTERS, Лондон, 28.02.05/ - Агентство Fitch подтвердило долгосрочный рейтинг АТФ-банка (Казахстан) на уровне "В+", а также другие рейтинги. Прогноз долгосрочного рейтинга - стабильный, говорится в сообщении агентства. АТФ-банк - четвертый по величине в Казахстане. Ниже приводиться оригинальный текст сообщения Fitch Ratings на английском языке. FITCH AFFIRMS KAZAKHSTAN'S ATF BANK London/Moscow-28 February 2005: Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, has today affirmed Kazakhstan-based ATF Bank's ratings at Long-term 'B+', Short-term 'B', Individual 'D' and Support '4'. The Long-term rating Outlook is Stable. The Long-term, Short-term and Individual ratings reflect the bank's well- diversified income streams and adequate profitability, reasonable asset quality and moderate capitalisation. They also take into account the risk management concerns raised by its rapid asset growth. While actual loan losses have been relatively low, the current level of loan loss reserves could prove insufficient in the event of an economic downturn. Customer funding is concentrated, but the bank has been successful in raising medium-term funding in the international capital markets. The bank has received regular capital injections in recent years, but further capital injections will be required to support continuing rapid growth. ATF Bank is the fourth largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan by assets, with around 6.5% of the banking system's assets at end-2004. It provides a broad range of banking services to corporates and SMEs, and is also growing its retail business, focusing on higher and middle income individuals. It is also active in the foreign exchange and government securities markets in Kazakhstan. [2005-02-28]