Fitch Rates TMB#s Basel III Tier 2 THB Notes at #A(tha)#
Stocks and Financial Services Press Releases Tuesday May 2, 2017 18:00Fitch Ratings (Thailand) has today assigned a rating of 'A(tha)' to TMB Bank Public Company Limited's (TMB; A+(tha)/Stable) upcoming Thai baht-denominated Basel III-compliant Tier 2 subordinated unsecured debentures. At issue, the notes will have a tenor of 10.5 years.
The Basel III Tier 2 notes are rated one notch below the anchor rating of 'A+(tha)' to reflect the notes' subordinated status and higher loss-severity risks relative to senior unsecured instruments. Key terms of the notes include a non-viability trigger (defined as emergency capital assistance from the central bank or any other empowered government agency), with partial rather than mandatory full write-down features.
The Tier 2 notes are senior to any Additional Tier 1 securities with loss-absorption features. If written down, the Tier 2 notes rank pari passu with TMB's other Tier 2 loss-absorbing instruments that have write-down features.
TMB's National Long-Term Rating of 'A+(tha)' is used as the anchor rating because the rating reflects the bank's standalone financial strength. Fitch believes that the bank's standalone credit profile best indicates its non-performance risk (that is, becoming non-viable). Fitch has not applied additional notching to the notes, as they have no going-concern loss-absorption features.
TMB's standalone financial strength takes into account the bank's stable asset quality and profitability as well as its sound capital and liquidity positions. TMB is Thailand's seventh-largest commercial bank, with a market share of around 6% in loans and deposits.
TMB's Long-Term National Rating is sensitive to changes in the bank's standalone profile. Fitch may elect to downgrade the Long-Term National Rating if the bank's asset quality, profitability, liquidity or capitalisation were to deteriorate sharply. Conversely, the agency may upgrade its Long-Term National Rating if these factors show a sustained improvement.
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