Actions reflect the aspects of the revised bank rating methodology
London, 28 May 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service has today assigned Counterparty Risk Assessments
(CR Assessments) to 15 Turkish banks, in line with its revised bank
rating methodology.
At the same time, Moody's has affirmed the subordinated debt
ratings of three Turkish banks and for its own business reasons withdrawn
the outlooks on these subordinated instrument.
Please refer to Moody's Investors Service's Policy for Withdrawal
of Credit Ratings, available on its website, www.moodys.com.
Outlooks, which indicate the direction of rating pressures,
are now only assigned to long term senior debt and deposit ratings.
Today's actions reflect the new aspects of Moody's bank rating methodology
published on 16 March 2015 see
http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_320662.
RATINGS RATIONALE
--- ASSIGNMENT OF CR ASSESSMENTS
The CR Assessment, which is not a rating, reflects an issuer's
probability of defaulting on certain bank operating liabilities,
such as derivatives, letters of credit and other contractual commitments.
In assigning the CR Assessment, Moody's evaluates the issuer's standalone
strength and the likelihood, should the need arise, of affiliate
and government support, as well as the anticipated seniority of
counterparty obligations under Moody's Loss Given Failure framework.
The CR Assessment also assumes that authorities will likely take steps
to preserve the continuity of a bank's key operations, maintain
payment flows, and avoid contagion should the bank enter a resolution.
In most cases, the starting point for the CR Assessment is one notch
above the bank's Adjusted Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA),
to which Moody's then typically adds the same notches of government
support uplift as applied to deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings.
As a result, the CR Assessment for most Turkish banks is at the
same level as the senior debt and deposit ratings, reflecting Moody's
view that authorities are likely to honor the operating obligations the
CR Assessment refers to in order to preserve a bank's critical functions
and reduce potential for contagion.
WHAT COULD CHANGE THE RATINGS UP/DOWN
The subordinated debt ratings are linked to the banks' adjusted
BCAs. Therefore, any upward or downward movement in the ratings
could develop following either the raising or lowering of the adjusted
BCAs for these banks.
LIST OF AFFECTED BANKS
--Akbank TAS
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
--Asya Katilim Bankasi A.S.
Assigned CR assessment of Caa1(cr)/Not Prime(cr).
--Burgan Bank A.S.
Assigned CR assessment of Ba1(cr) Under Review for Downgrade(cr)/Not Prime(cr).
--Denizbank A.S.
Assigned CR assessment of Ba1(cr)/Not Prime(cr).
--HSBC Bank A.S. (Turkey)
Assigned CR assessment of Baa1(cr)/Prime-2(cr).
--ING Bank A.S. (Turkey)
Assigned CR assessment of Baa2(cr)/Prime-2(cr).
--Sekerbank T.A.S.
Assigned CR assessment of Ba1(cr)/Not Prime(cr).
--T.C. Ziraat Bankasi
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
--Turk Ekonomi Bankasi AS
Assigned CR assessment of Baa2(cr)/Prime-2(cr).
--Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
--Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S.
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
--Turkiye Is Bankasi AS
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
Affirmed the Ba2 subordinated debt rating and withdrawn the outlook on
subordinated instruments for own business reasons.
--Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A.S.
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
--Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
Affirmed the Ba2 and Ba3(hyb) subordinated debt ratings and withdrawn
the outlook on subordinated instruments for own business reasons.
--Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS
Assigned CR assessment of Baa3(cr)/Prime-3(cr).
Affirmed the Ba2 subordinated debt rating and withdrawn the outlook on
the subordinated instruments for own business reasons.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Banks published in
March 2015. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series
or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular
rating action for securities that derive their credit ratings from the
support provider's credit rating. For provisional ratings,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the provisional rating assigned, and in relation to a definitive
rating that may be assigned subsequent to the final issuance of the debt,
in each case where the transaction structure and terms have not changed
prior to the assignment of the definitive rating in a manner that would
have affected the rating. For further information please see the
ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this rating action, and
whose ratings may change as a result of this rating action, the
associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
The ratings of rated entity Turk Ekonomi Bankasi AS were initiated by
Moody's and were not requested by these rated entities.
Rated entity Turk Ekonomi Bankasi AS or its agent(s) participated in the
rating process. This rated entity or its agent(s), if any,
provided Moody's - access to the books, records and
other relevant internal documents of the rated entity.
The below contact information is provided for information purposes only.
Please see the ratings tab of the issuer page at www.moodys.com,
for each of the ratings covered, Moody's disclosures on the
lead analyst and the Moody's legal entity that has issued the ratings.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit
rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating
review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to
the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Irakli Pipia
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Financial Institutions Group
Moody's Investors Service Ltd.
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
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United Kingdom
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Yves Lemay
MD-Banking & Sovereign
Financial Institutions Group
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Moody's assigns Counterparty Risk Assessments to 15 Turkish banks