Development Bank of Kazakhstan says agency Standard & Poor's affirmed ratings of bank and bonds; outlook Negative

27.11.14 16:29
/KASE, November 27, 14/ – Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Astana, hereinafter – the Bank), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has by an official letter of November 27, 2014 informed KASE of the following: quote ... rating agency Standard & Poor's (hereinafter – the Agency) affirmed the Bank's counteragent credit ratings in foreign and national currencies at level "ВВВ+/А-2", outlook – "Negative". At the same time, long-term ratings of unsecured debt liabilities (ISIN XS0860582435, XS0570541317, XS0248160102, XS0220743776, MYBVI1202859) and issue programs of the bank were affirmed by the Agency at level "ВВВ+". The Bank's ratings were compared to sovereign ratings of the Republic of Kazakhstan; negative outlook on the Bank's ratings reflects an outlook on long-term ratings of the country. unquote Press-release of Standard & Poor's of November 24, 2014 provided by Development Bank of Kazakhstan is available on KASE website in Russian at http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/BRKZ/brkz_reliz_241114.pdf [2014-11-27]