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Manggi Habir
Director, Financial Services Ratings
November 22, 2004
The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect
the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian
Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent.
ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no
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Agenda
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Who is Standard & Poor’s
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Asia-Pacific Network – 2002
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What do we do?
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What is a rating?
Measure of Default
An audit
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Some fundamentals
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Relationship between ratings & cycles
BBB
Time
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Ratings definitions
Issue Rating
Programme Rating
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Long-term rating scale
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Long-term rating definitions
“AAA” – “Highest rating …. obligor’s capacity to meet financial
commitment is extremely strong.”
“A” – “Somewhat more susceptible to adverse changes in
economic conditions …. capacity to meet financial
commitment is still strong.”
“BBB” – “Adequate protection …. but changes in economic
conditions could lead to weakened capacity…”
“BB” – “Faces uncertainties during adverse economic
conditions…”
“B” – “Possesses current capacity …. but likely to be
impaired…”
“CCC” – “Vulnerable to non-payment …. needs favorable
business climate to meet obligations…”
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Short-term rating scale
Long - term
AAA AA+ AA AA- A+ A A- BBB+ BBB BBB- BB+ BB BB-
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Ratings direction
Outlook:
– Given to all long term Standard & Poor’s Ratings except
some structured finance
– Assesses the potential direction of a long-term credit
rating over the intermediate to longer term (3-5 years).
– 4 options
• 1) Positive, 2) Negative, 3) Stable, 4) Developing
– Not necessarily a precursor to a rating change or Credit
Watch listing
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Rating direction
CREDIT WATCH --
– Possible near-term change (usually within 90 days)
– Focuses on identifiable events and/or short-term trends
that deviate from expectations
– Additional information necessary
– 3 options
• Positive
• Negative
• Developing
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Benefits of Credit Ratings to
Issuers/Counterparties
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Benefits of Ratings to Investors
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Role of ratings
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The utility of ratings
Access to management
Independent viewpoint
Consistency
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Impact of ratings
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Data Summary
6000
US = USA + tax
Number of Issuers
5000 havens
4000 EU = European Union
3000 EM = Emerging Asia,
Latin America,
2000 Eastern Europe,
1000 Africa
0 Other = Canada,
Japan, New
Jan-81
Jan-82
Jan-83
Jan-84
Jan-85
Jan-86
Jan-87
Jan-88
Jan-89
Jan-90
Jan-91
Jan-92
Jan-93
Jan-94
Jan-95
Jan-96
Jan-97
Jan-98
Jan-99
Jan-00
Jan-01
Jan-02
Jan-03
Zealand,
Australia
Diversification of funding/flexibility
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Into the future
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Elements of the New Basel Accord
Basel II
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Capital Requirements
Under Pillar 1
Choice of Approaches
Credit risk
Internal &
Data Inputs External Internal
External
Complexity of Approach
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Do we get it right?
31.99%
14.77%
3.53%
0.11% 0.28% 0.71%
250
200
150 A
100 BBB
50
-50
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Pricing Source: Bloomberg Generic Pricing
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How transparent are we?
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An evolving approach
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Information requirements
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Information requirements
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S&P rating progression
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
S&P Bank RAMP
(Rating Analysis Methodology Profile)
Capitalization Rating
Financial Flexibility Rating
OVERALL COMPANY RATING
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
Business Risk
• Economic risk
• Industry risk
• Management/strategy
Financial Risk
• Accounting & financial
reporting
• Credit risk
• Capitalization
• Earnings
• Funding & liquidity
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
Economic Risk
Economic Risk Analysis
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Economic Risk Analysis
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Leading Indicators of Financial
System Stress
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
Industry Risk
Industry Risk Analysis
Basic Structure
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Industry Risk Analysis
Basic Structure
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Industry Risk Analysis
Customer Base
Price sensitivity
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Industry Risk Analysis
Regulation and Deregulation
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
Management Factors
• Organizational structure
• Controls/information systems
• Performance vs. peers
• Credibility
Succession planning/special ownership
characteristics
Strategy
• Realism, logic and risk
• Implementation
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
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Financial Risk Analysis
Basic Financial Information
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Financial Risk Analysis
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
Credit Quality
Credit Risk Structure
Intrinsic Risk
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Credit Risk Management
Underwriting criteria
Reserving policies
Reserve adequacy
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Asset Quality
Intrinsic Risk
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Restructured Loans
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Foreclosed Assets
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S&P’s Definition of Problem Assets
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Coverage of Potential Losses
BY BY
BY
COLLATERAL? PROVISIONS?
CAPITAL?
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Coverage by Capital
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Coverage by Collateral
Valuation!
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Coverage by Provisions
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Charge-offs vs. Provisions
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Financial Risk Analysis
Capitalization
Capital composition
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Key Capital Considerations
• Capital composition
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Quality of Capital Considerations
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Capital Calculations
Adjusted Common Equity & Adjusted Total Equity
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Capital Calculations
Adjusted Common Equity
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
• Flows of funds
• Asset liquidity
• Liquidity policies
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Retail Funding
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Points to remember
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
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Group Rating Methodology
Three Stage Approach
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Group Rating Methodology
Group Rating
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Stand-Alone Rating
• If the group member is not viable outside of the group, only a status
quo rating is assigned
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Bank Credit Risk Analysis
Sovereign Risk:
The Impact on Bank Ratings
Risks Affecting Creditworthiness of Banks
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Sovereign Intervention Risk
Exchange controls
Frozen bank deposits
Required repatriation of all funds held abroad
Implementation of restrictions on inward and outward capital
movement
Refusal to clear transfer of funds from one entity to another
Government-mandated moratorium on interest and principal
payments, or required rescheduling or restructuring of debt
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Likelihood of Direct Sovereign
Intervention
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Mitigation of Sovereign Risk
Geographic diversification
Structured finance
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Government Supported Entities Rating
Methodology
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Snap Shot of Asia Banking System
AA
BBB
BB
CCC
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Non-Performing Assets Ratios
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Adjusted Total Equity / Assets
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Philippines Hong Kong Malaysia Singapore
Taiwan Indonesia India China
Korea Thailand Japan
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