S&P lowers standalone ratings of SBI and UBI
Published in newspaper Economic Times
on 11th Oct 2012
MUMBAI: Ratings firm Standard and Poor's or S&Ps has lowered the standalone rating of the country's largest lender State Bank of IndiaBSE -2.32 % and Union Bank rating on concerns over their asset quality.
The ratings firm revised the stand-alone credit profile (SACP) of SBI to 'bbb-' from 'bbb' and that of UBI to 'bb+' from 'bbb-' based on our anticipation of the banks' weak asset quality performance.
We revised the SACPs of SBI and UBI because we expect the banks' asset quality to remain weak and credit costs to stay high." said a release "by Standard and Poor's.
The ratings firm has revised its r risk position assessment on these banks to ""moderate"" from ""adequate.". It expects SBI's and UBI's asset quality to remain stressed in the fiscal years ending March 31, 2013, and 2014, partly due to continued slippages in their restructured loan books.
SBI's gross nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio of 5% (on a stand-alone basis) as of June 30, 2012, is the highest among the Indian banks that it rates. On a stand-alone basis, the bank's mid-corporate (NPL: 9.3%) and agriculture (NPL: 9.8%) portfolios are particularly stressed.
NPLs in UBI's agriculture portfolio have also surged. The bank's SACP is in a speculative-grade category . Moreover, the bank has asset concentration in its infrastructure portfolio, especially in the power sector, which is facing challenges, such as fuel shortages, delays in securing environmental clearances, and a slow pace of tariff reforms.
S&P has also lowered the issue ratings on UBI's hybrid issues (upper Tier 2 subordinated and hybrid Tier 1 notes under the bank's medium-term notes program) to 'B+' from 'BB'.
But the ratings firm affirmed its 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term issuer credit ratings on seven government-owned banks in India.
The outlook on all the long-term ratings is negative.
The banks are:
Bank of India (BOI; BBB-/Negative/A-3),
IDBI Bank Ltd.BSE -1.85 % (IDBI; foreign currency BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Indian Overseas BankBSE -2.56 % (IOB; BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Indian Bank (BBB-/Negative/A-3),
State Bank of India (SBI; BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Syndicate BankBSE -1.81 % (BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Union Bank of IndiaBSE -1.80 % (UBI; BBB-/Negative/A-3).
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
FITCH Have A Positive Outlook for Indian Banks
I do not agree with FITCH that asset quality of banks will remain under pressure for three four quarters only. Actually bad assets which are gradually surfacing are only hidden bad assets .Click on following Link to know more
Why Rating is Downgraded
Fitch and S & P has downgraded the sovereign rating and also rating of big banks like SBI, PNB, BOB, Axis banks etc. One may imagine the status of real health of smaller banks when big banks like SBI, PNB, BOB , Axis banks are rated poor.There is little doubt in the fact that economic health of Indian banks as well as that of the Indian government is in bad position and unfortunately the same is going from bad to worse quarter after quarter only due to bad politics and bad administration.
Click on following link to read more
http://jaindanendra.blogspot.in/2012/06/why-rating-is-downgraded.html
Standard & Poor’s warns of rating downgrade
S&P lowers standalone ratings of SBI and UBI
Published in newspaper Economic Times
on 11th Oct 2012
MUMBAI: Ratings firm Standard and Poor's or S&Ps has lowered the standalone rating of the country's largest lender State Bank of IndiaBSE -2.32 % and Union Bank rating on concerns over their asset quality.
The ratings firm revised the stand-alone credit profile (SACP) of SBI to 'bbb-' from 'bbb' and that of UBI to 'bb+' from 'bbb-' based on our anticipation of the banks' weak asset quality performance.
We revised the SACPs of SBI and UBI because we expect the banks' asset quality to remain weak and credit costs to stay high." said a release "by Standard and Poor's.
The ratings firm has revised its r risk position assessment on these banks to ""moderate"" from ""adequate.". It expects SBI's and UBI's asset quality to remain stressed in the fiscal years ending March 31, 2013, and 2014, partly due to continued slippages in their restructured loan books.
SBI's gross nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio of 5% (on a stand-alone basis) as of June 30, 2012, is the highest among the Indian banks that it rates. On a stand-alone basis, the bank's mid-corporate (NPL: 9.3%) and agriculture (NPL: 9.8%) portfolios are particularly stressed.
NPLs in UBI's agriculture portfolio have also surged. The bank's SACP is in a speculative-grade category . Moreover, the bank has asset concentration in its infrastructure portfolio, especially in the power sector, which is facing challenges, such as fuel shortages, delays in securing environmental clearances, and a slow pace of tariff reforms.
S&P has also lowered the issue ratings on UBI's hybrid issues (upper Tier 2 subordinated and hybrid Tier 1 notes under the bank's medium-term notes program) to 'B+' from 'BB'.
But the ratings firm affirmed its 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term issuer credit ratings on seven government-owned banks in India.
The outlook on all the long-term ratings is negative.
The banks are:
Bank of India (BOI; BBB-/Negative/A-3),
IDBI Bank Ltd.BSE -1.85 % (IDBI; foreign currency BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Indian Overseas BankBSE -2.56 % (IOB; BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Indian Bank (BBB-/Negative/A-3),
State Bank of India (SBI; BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Syndicate BankBSE -1.81 % (BBB-/Negative/A-3),
Union Bank of IndiaBSE -1.80 % (UBI; BBB-/Negative/A-3).
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
FITCH Have A Positive Outlook for Indian Banks
I do not agree with FITCH that asset quality of banks will remain under pressure for three four quarters only. Actually bad assets which are gradually surfacing are only hidden bad assets .Click on following Link to know more
Why Rating is Downgraded
Fitch and S & P has downgraded the sovereign rating and also rating of big banks like SBI, PNB, BOB, Axis banks etc. One may imagine the status of real health of smaller banks when big banks like SBI, PNB, BOB , Axis banks are rated poor.There is little doubt in the fact that economic health of Indian banks as well as that of the Indian government is in bad position and unfortunately the same is going from bad to worse quarter after quarter only due to bad politics and bad administration.
Click on following link to read more
http://jaindanendra.blogspot.in/2012/06/why-rating-is-downgraded.html
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
FITCH Have A Positive Outlook for Indian Banks
I do not agree with FITCH that asset quality of banks will remain under pressure for three four quarters only. Actually bad assets which are gradually surfacing are only hidden bad assets .Click on following Link to know more
Fitch and S & P has downgraded the sovereign rating and also rating of big banks like SBI, PNB, BOB, Axis banks etc. One may imagine the status of real health of smaller banks when big banks like SBI, PNB, BOB , Axis banks are rated poor.There is little doubt in the fact that economic health of Indian banks as well as that of the Indian government is in bad position and unfortunately the same is going from bad to worse quarter after quarter only due to bad politics and bad administration.
Click on following link to read more
http://jaindanendra.blogspot.in/2012/06/why-rating-is-downgraded.html
Published in newspaper THE HINDU on 11th Oct 2012
Keeping up the pressure on the UPA-II government to not only push through key economic reforms on paper but also ensure their expeditious implementation on the ground, global agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), on Wednesday, cautioned that India’s sovereign credit rating could be downgraded to ‘junk’ status within 24 months if the authorities failed to take adequate steps to contain the fiscal deficit and improve the investment climate.
In its rating outlook on India in a report titled ‘Asia-Pacific sovereigns: A bit of stability in the sea of uncertainty?,’ S&P said: “A downgrade is likely if the country's economic growth prospects dim, its external position deteriorates, its political climate worsens, or fiscal reforms slow.”
Having downgraded India’s rating outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ on April 25 this year, S&P analysts Takahira Ogawa and Elena Okorochenko, in their latest note, said: “The negative outlook signals at least a one-in-three likelihood of a downgrade of the sovereign rating on India within the next 24 months”.
At present, India’s sovereign rating is ‘BBB-‘(Negative), the lowest notch in ‘investment’ grade and a further lowering to ‘speculative’ grade or ‘junk’ status would imply a much higher cost of overseas borrowings by corporates. Alongside, however, holding out that there could still be light at the end of the tunnel, the S&P note went on to say: “On the other hand, we may revise the outlook back to stable if the government implements initiatives to reduce structural fiscal deficits, improve its investment climate, and increase growth prospects”.
The rating agency went on to indicate that it expected the government to put in place fiscal measures to lower deficits and these “could include a more efficient use of fuel, fertilizer, and agricultural subsidies, or the implementation of a goods and service tax.”
Pointing to the current economic and political environment in India, the S&P said: “The weaker global economic outlook and domestic policy instability contributed to deteriorating growth prospects and investor confidence in the country. In our view, there is a significant chance that this trend could eventually affect political, economic, fiscal or external factors to lower the credit rating on India”.
At the same time, the rating agency appeared to acknowledge the government’s recent efforts towards rectifying the economic ills. S&P also pointed out that the political cost in pushing the reforms has become apparent, with one member of the coalition quitting. As a result, the coalition has become the minority in both the upper and lower houses of Parliament. “Although the ruling coalition expects support from friendly parties, the political condition tends to become more fluid ahead of the general election expected in 2014. The foreign ownership reforms for the insurance and pension business are likely to become more challenging as they need parliamentary approval,” it said.
PTI reports from Mumbai:
DOWNGRADES SBI, UBI
Standard & Poor’s, on Wednesday, downgraded credit ratings of State Bank of India (SBI) and Union Bank of India by a notch, but the banks said it would have no impact on them as the agency had only brought the rating on a par with the sovereign rating.
“We revised the standalone credit profile (SACP) of SBI to ‘BBB—’ from ‘BBB’, and that of UBI (Union Bank of India) to ’BB+’ from ‘BBB—’ based on our anticipation of the banks’ weak asset quality performance,” S&P said in a statement.
SBI said the downgrading will have no impact on it as the rating agency has only brought the rating on par with the sovereign rating.
“This is not a downgrade per se, but only an equalisation of our ratings with that of the sovereign,” SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said, implying that the announcement by the world’s largest rating agency will have little impact on the bank’s ability to raise overseas funds.
Union Bank of India said it will have no impact on the bank’s fund—raising as it has no plan to mop up overseas funds in the immediate future.
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