Moody's Places OP-Pohjola Group and Pohjola Bank plc on Review for a Possible Credit Rating Downgrade
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11 August 2011 at 8.00 a.m.
Moody's Places OP-Pohjola Group and Pohjola Bank plc on Review for a Possible
Credit Rating Downgrade
Moody's Investor Service has put OP-Pohjola Group, Pohjola Bank plc and Pohjola
Insurance Ltd on review of a credit rating downgrade, relating to the bank
financial strength rating, or BFSR, of OP-Pohjola Group (B-), the long-term debt
ratings of Pohjola Bank plc (Aa2) and the insurance financial strength of
Pohjola Insurance Ltd (A2). Moody's expects any downgrade to OP-Pohjola Group's
BFSR and Pohjola Bank plc's ratings for long-term debt to be one notch at the
most.
Moody's affirmed unchanged Pohjola Bank plc's BFSR, or C-. It also affirmed
unchanged Pohjola Bank plc's Prime-1 short-term debt and deposit ratings.
Moody's does not expect any possible downgrade to affect the Aaa rating for
covered bonds issued by OP Mortgage Bank.
Moody's estimates that OP-Pohjola Group's earnings capacity has weakened from
its pre-financial crisis level in 2008, and has paid attention to the level of
problem loans and industry concentrations. However, Moody's expects the Group's
asset quality to remain strong.
In September 2009, Moody's assigned a negative outlook to OP-Pohjola Group's
BFSR.
Pohjola Bank plc
Carina Geber-Teir
Chief Communications Officer
For further information, please contact:
Vesa Aho, CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2336
Tarja Ollilainen, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)10 252 4494
Media queuries:
Carina Geber-Teir, Chief Communications Officer, tel +358 (0)10 252 8394
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