MARC Affirms Bank Pembangunan's Financial Institution and CP Programme Ratings at AAA and MARC-1IS/ MARC-1 Respectively
MARC Affirms Bank Pembangunan's Financial Institution and CP Programme Ratings at AAA and MARC-1IS/ MARC-1 Respectively
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- 8 /19/2016 Latest Announcement - (News ID : 2016081900019) Latest Announcement News ID : 2016081900019 Subject : BANK PEMBANGUNAN MALAYSIA BERHAD BANK PEMBANGUNAN MALAYSIA BERHAD Organisation Name: MALAYSIAN RATING CORPORATION News Type: RATING ANNOUNCEMENT Reference Site: None Embargo Date: 19/08/2016 Embargo Time: 04:30 PM Expiry Date: 02/09/2016 Priority: Medium Summary: MARC AFFIRMS BANK PEMBANGUNAN'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND CP PROGRAMME RATINGS AT AAA AND MARC1IS/MARC1 RESPECTIVELY Attachments: No attachment available. Disclaimer: The user, including a user who is also a FAST Participant, expressly agrees that the use of this website which is accessible at https://fast.bnm.gov.my/ is at the user's sole risk. The information contained in this FAST website is compiled by MyClear Sdn. Bhd. (MyClear) and is provided on an "as is" basis without any representations or warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. While MyClear makes every effort to ensure that information contained in the FAST website are accurate and disseminated in a timely and efficient manner, the user acknowledges that delays, errors, omissions or inaccuracies may occur. MyClear disclaims any liability pertaining to the consequences of any delays, errors, omissions or inaccuracies arising out of or relating to the FAST website or information, including but not limited to, any decision made or action taken by a user in reliance upon such information, or for damages suffered, whether direct, consequential, special, punitive, indirect or otherwise, notwithstanding having been advised of the possibility of such damages. In the event of any dispute, the official records of MyClear shall prevail. MyClear, Bank Negara Malaysia or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, agents or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the FAST website, shall not be liable for any direct, consequential, special, punitive, indirect, incidental or other damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use or inability to use the FAST website or information, whether based on contract, tort, liability or otherwise, even if advised on the possibility of any such damages. Content MARC has affirmed its AAA financial institution (FI) rating on Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (Bank Pembangunan). Concurrently, the rating agency affirmed its MARC1IS/MARC1 programme ratings on the bank's Islamic/Conventional Commercial Papers (CP) Programme of up to RM2.0 billion. The ratings carry a stable outlook. The affirmed FI rating is based on MARC's assessment of high government support for Bank Pembangunan, given the bank's status as a wholly government owned development financial institution (DFI) and the bank's role in supporting domestic economic development activities by extending loans and financial support to specific industries promoted by the government. The assessment is backed by strong historic evidence of governmental support extended to Bank Pembangunan by way of guarantees on borrowings as well as compensations for loss of interest income and credit loss on certain governmentdirected loans. Bank Pembangunan's asset quality has weakened, mainly linked to loans extended to the oil and gas, and technology sectors. Gross impaired ratio stood at 11.3% as at end2015 (2014: 10.9%), mainly due to a lower loan base following large loan repayments and prepayments in 2015. The bank also undertook a substantial writeoff amounting to RM711.7 million in 2015 (2014: RM140.8 million), leading to an overall decline in gross impaired loans to RM2.80 billion (2014: RM2.95 billion). Bank Pembangunan is also likely to divest its lossmaking subsidiaries over the near term in an effort to further strengthen its balance sheet. In addition, the bank has tightened its lending criteria to mainly focus on governmentinitiated projects. The tighter screening process has contributed to the loan book contracting by 8.2% in 2015 from a growth of 2.8% in 2014, although the bank aims to grow its loan book by 2% 3% in 2016. As a DFI, the bank's loan exposures are primarily in the infrastructure sector, which accounted for 86.3% of total loans in 2015, with transportation being the largest subsector. This gives rise to loan concentration risk; given its focus on longtenure and largeticket infrastructure loans, the bank is also exposed to single borrower concentration risk. Nonetheless, MARC draws comfort from the fact that the majority of these loans are related to governmentinitiated projects which benefit from direct or indirect government support. This is reflected by the lower gross impaired loans ratio of the infrastructure portfolio of 5.4% as at end2015 compared to the technology, oil and gas, and maritime sectors' ratio of 45.5%, 41.6% and 48.1%, although these sectors accounted for only 5.9%, 5.3% and 2.5% of the bank's total outstanding gross loans respectively. Bank Pembangunan's capitalisation remains strong as reflected by its Basel I riskweighted capital ratio of 38.6% as at end2015 (2014: 33.1%), of which its core capitalisation (share capital and reserves) accounted for a significant 88.9% of the total capital base. While the bank's capital position has been supported by internal capital generation, profitability has been dragged by credit costs and impairments, particularly on its shipping subsidiary in recent years. Although net profit increased to RM117.7 million in 2015 (2014: RM93.5 million), the bank's return on assets remained low at 0.42% in 2015. MARC views that the bank's profitability could be affected by further asset quality weakening in light of the challenging economic conditions. Bank Pembangunan retains funding support from the government as indicated by its funding composition comprising deposits from the government and its related entities. Additionally, governmentguaranteed borrowings have remained a key source although this declined to 38.8% of the bank's total funding as at end2015 (2014: 65.5%). MARC notes that to allay funding costs, the bank has shifted to cheaper customer deposits whose proportion to total funding has increased to 41.4% as at end2015 (2014: 26.8%); nonetheless, the increased reliance on such deposits could result in potential funding volatility. This notwithstanding, the bank's top 20 largest depositors, which form the bulk of total customer deposits, have been relatively stable in the past. The stable outlook reflects MARC's expectations that government support for Bank Pembangunan will remain strong. Downward rating pressure could be triggered if government support assumptions weaken and/or Bank Pembangunan's financial metrics deteriorate sharply. Contacts: Joan Leong, +6032082 2270/ joan@marc.com.my; Sharidan Salleh, +6032082 2254/ sharidan@marc.com.my. August 19, 2016 [This announcement is available in the MARC corporate homepage at http://www.marc.com.my] DISCLAIMER This communication is provided by Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) on the basis of information believed by MARC to be accurate and reliable as derived from publicly available sources or provided by the rated entity or its agents. 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