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    Fitch affirms 8 Nigerian banks’ ratings on sovereign criteria change

    August 6, 2016
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    06 August 2016, Lagos — Fitch Ratings Friday affirmed the national ratings of eight Nigerian banks. The banks are First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), United Bank for Africa (UBA), Fidelity Bank, Diamond Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Union Bank , Stanbic IBTC Bank, the Bank of Industry (BOI) as well as Stanbic IBTC Holdings (SIBTCH).

    A statement from the international agency explained that the rating actions followed Fitch’s downgrade of Nigeria’s Long-Term Local Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-‘, as a result of which it now equalised with the long-term foreign currency IDR.

    It further explained that its latest action was driven by the change in Fitch’s sovereign rating criteria.

    “Following the sovereign criteria change and rating action, Fitch has recalibrated the National Rating scale for Nigeria. As a result, the national ratings for the aforementioned banks were affirmed as there is no change in their relative creditworthiness,” it stated.

    According to the agency, the national rating of UBA was based on its stand-alone creditworthiness and was also underpinned by a potential sovereign support.

    Also, the national ratings of FBN, Fidelity, Diamond, FCMB and UBN were based on a potential sovereign support given their systemic importance, just as the national ratings of Stanbic and SIBTCH were based on the probability of support from their parent, Standard Bank Group Limited (SBG.

    SBG has a majority 53.2 per cent stake in SIBTCH, which in turn owns 100% of Stanbic IBTC.

    “Fitch believes that SBG’s support would extend equally to both the bank and the holding company. The national ratings of BOI are driven by potential sovereign support reflecting its 99.9 percent state ownership, its policy role and the bank’s strategic importance to Nigeria’s economic and industrial development.

    “The banks’ (apart from UBA, SIBTC and SIBTCH) national ratings are sensitive to a weakening ability of the Nigerian sovereign to provide support. UBA’s National Ratings are sensitive to both a weakening in sovereign support as well as any change in its standalone credit-worthiness”, it said.

    “The national ratings of SIBTC and SIBTCH are sensitive to a change in potential support (relating to both ability and propensity) from their ultimate parent, SBG. The national ratings of SIBTCH and SIBTC could withstand a three-notch downgrade of SBG’s long-term IDR,” it added.
    *Obinna Chima — Thisday

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