New York, November 27, 2012 -- Moody's Investors Service has placed on review for downgrade the
ratings assigned to subordinated debt issued by Banco de Chile,
Bancolombia S.A., Banco Davivienda S.A.,
Banco GNB Sudameris S.A., Banco de Crédito
del Perú, Banco Internacional del Perú - Interbank
and Industrial Subordinated Trust that currently have systemic support
incorporated in their ratings. All other ratings and outlooks for
these issuers and guarantors remain unaffected by these rating actions.
The rating actions reflect Moody's opinion that the global trend
towards imposing losses on junior creditors in the context of future bank
resolutions may reduce the predictability of such support being provided
to holders of subordinated debt, as junior obligations are expected
to absorb losses on behalf of senior creditors and depositors.
This view is discussed in the special comment "Supported Bank Debt Ratings
at Risk of Downgrade due to New Approaches to Bank Resolution,"
published in February 2011.
LIST OF AFFECTED RATINGS
The following subordinated debt ratings were placed on review today:
Banco de Chile: Foreign currency subordinated debt rating of A1
Bancolombia S.A.: Foreign currency subordinated debt
rating of Baa3
Banco Davivienda S.A.: Foreign currency subordinated
debt rating of Ba1
Banco GNB Sudameris S.A.: Foreign currency subordinated
debt rating of Ba2
Banco de Crédito del Perú: Local and foreign currency
subordinated debt ratings of Baa3
Banco Internacional del Perú -- Interbank: Foreign currency
junior subordinated debt rating of Ba3 (hyb)
Industrial Subordinated Trust, guaranteed by Banco Industrial S.A.:
Foreign currency subordinated debt rating of Ba2
Please click on this link http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF308720
to access the List of the Affected Credit Ratings. This list is
an integral part of this press release and identifies each affected issuer.
RATINGS RATIONALE
The review for downgrade on the banks' subordinated debt ratings
reflects Moody's revised approach to notching the ratings of these instruments
from a bank's standalone credit assessment instead of from its deposit
rating including systemic support. Moody's currently incorporates
one or two notches of systemic support in the subordinated and junior
subordinated debt ratings of the listed banks.
During the rating review, Moody's will consider removing systemic
support from these debt instruments, based on an assessment of the
ability and the willingness of local regulators to impose losses on holders
of subordinated debt outside a liquidation process.
Upon the conclusion of the review and in line with "Moody's Guidelines
for Rating Bank Hybrid Securities and Subordinated Debt", published
in November 2009, Moody's expects to position the ratings of senior
subordinated debt one notch below the Adjusted Baseline Credit Assessment
(Adjusted BCA), which reflects a bank's stand-alone financial
strength including parental and cooperative support. Junior subordinated
debt ratings may be positioned two notches below the Adjusted BCA while
deeply subordinated junior debt may be positioned three notches below
the adjusted BCA.
LAST RATING ACTIONS
The last rating action on Banco de Chile was on 2 May 2012, when
Moody's assigned Prime-1 rating to Banco de Chile's proposed
US commercial paper note program.
The last rating action on Bancolombia S.A. was on 4 September
2012, when Moody's rated the bank's proposed subordinated
debt issuance.
The last rating action on Banco Davivienda S.A. was on 27
June 2012, when Moody's rated Davivienda's proposed subordinated
debt issuance.
The last rating action on Banco GNB Sudameris S.A. was on
19 July 2012, when Moody's rated GNB's proposed subordinated
debt issuance.
The last rating action on Banco de Crédito del Perú was
on 16 August 2012, when Moody's upgraded the bank's
foreign currency deposit ratings following the upgrade of the country
ceilings for Peru.
The last rating action on Banco Internacional del Perú -
Interbank was on 20 September 2012, when Moody's assigned
Baa3 to Interbank's proposed US dollar senior notes.
The last rating action on Industrial Subordinated Trust was on 12 July
2011, when Moody's assigned the Ba2 subordinated debt rating
to the Trust's new notes, guaranteed by Banco Industrial S.A.
The last rating action on Banco Industrial S.A. was on 13
July 2012 when Moody´s upgraded the bank's standalone financial
strength and baseline credit assessment to D+ from D and to ba1 from
ba2, respectively, and affirmed all other ratings.
The principal methodology used in these banks' ratings was Moody's Consolidated
Global Bank Rating Methodology published in June 2012. Please see
the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this
methodology.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
The Global Scale Credit Ratings on this press release that are issued
by one of Moody's affiliates outside the EU are endorsed by Moody's
Investors Service Ltd., One Canada Square, Canary Wharf,
London E 14 5FA, UK, in accordance with Art.4 paragraph
3 of the Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on Credit Rating Agencies.
Further information on the EU endorsement status and on the Moody's
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For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides relevant 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 relevant 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 relevant 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
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Moody's reviews the subordinated debt ratings of certain Latin American bank issuers for downgrade