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Article: BAHRAIN: MOODY'S CONFIRMS BAA3/P-3/D+ RATINGS OF UGB, NEGATIVE OUTLOOK.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Moody's Investors Service has today confirmed the Baa3/Prime-3 deposit ratings, Ba1 subordinated debt rating and D+ bank financial strength rating (BFSR) of United Gulf Bank BSC (UGB), with a negative outlook. This action concludes Moody's review of the bank's ratings initiated on 12 May 2008, (and extended on 27 November 2008), which focused on how the sales of UGB's commercial banking subsidiaries to Burgan Bank (A2/Prime-1/D+) were likely to affect its business mix and risk profile. The sale of three banking subsidiaries took place in 2008 (Jordan Kuwait Bank) and the first half of 2009 (Algeria Gulf Bank and Bank of Baghdad) while the sale of a further ...