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S&P: Federal Republic of Nigeria Rated 'ngAA+' On New Nigeria National Scale | 18:52 |
| LONDON (Standard & Poor's) Dec. 19, 2008--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it assigned its 'ngAA+' long-term and 'ngA-1' short-term Nigeria national scale ratings to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The national scale rating reflects The Federal Republic of Nigeria's creditworthiness relative to other issuers active in the Nigerian financial markets. Standard & Poor's announced the launch of its national rating scale for Nigeria in August (see "Standard & Poor's Launches National Credit Rating Scale For Nigeria," published Aug. 14, 2008, on RatingsDirect). The scale is designed to appeal to a wide range of entities--including companies, banks, and states--seeking to raise capital in Africa's most populous country as it enables Standard & Poor's to make finer distinctions between the credit quality of local debt issuers than is possible on its global scale. It will provide issuers, counterparties, intermediaries, and investors in Nigeria's financial markets with both debt ratings, which apply to a specific instrument, and issuer credit ratings, which apply to a specific obligor. The 'ngAA+' rating assigned to the Federal Republic, which is one notch lower than the highest potential rating on this scale, gives the scale flexibility to accommodate future changes in the credit quality of the Republic and of other Nigerian debt issuers. The highest rating on the scale, 'ngAAA', has not been assigned to any entity at present. The Federal Republic's short-term rating of 'ngA-1' is the highest available on the scale. On Standard & Poor's global scale, Nigeria is already rated foreign currency 'BB-/Stable/B' and local currency 'BB/Stable/B'. These ratings are supported primarily by external and fiscal positions that are among the strongest of all 'BB' rated sovereigns. The ratings are primarily constrained by long-standing political and ethnic tensions and fragile institutions that complicate the challenge of improving weak governance and accountability. The ratings are also held back by wide prosperity disparities, which constrain policy flexibility. Ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect, the real-time Web-based source for Standard & Poor's credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, at www.ratingsdirect.com. It can also be found on Standard & Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com; select your preferred country or region, then Ratings in the left navigation bar, followed by Credit Ratings Search. Alternatively, call one of the following Standard & Poor's numbers: Client Support Europe (44) 20-7176-7176; London Press Office (44) 20-7176-3605; Paris (33) 1-4420-6708; Frankfurt (49) 69-33-999-225; Stockholm (46) 8-440-5914; or Moscow (7) 495-783-4017. Источник - Финансовые новости | |
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