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    THE CREDITING RATING 'BB+' OF RATING AGENCY AMRATING / GLOBALRATING TO ARMECONOMBANK

    ArmInfo
    2008-10-13 17:35:00

    ArmInfo. National rating agency AmRating, the member of the rating
    agencies group Global Rating (GR) has given the 'BB+' credit rating
    to Armeconombank with a prediction 'possible growth'.

    As ArmInfo was reported from press-service of GR, such rating is
    conditioned by good quality of assets, strong market position,
    supporting by the main shareholders, including the institutional
    investor in the name of EBRD and soundness to the 'stress'
    situations. As the bank analyst of the agency Karina Melikyan said,
    here are the factors which control the rating: sensibility to the
    political risks and big share in the credit portfolio of the retail
    credits, to which big risk is peculiar.

    As executive director of AmRating Emmanuil Lazarian said, prediction
    of rating is conditioned by reduction of the political risks affect and
    expectation of restoration of positions at the market. He also added
    that openness of the owning structure is an important circumstance of
    high mark of the bank. The fact that the bank joined EBRD shareholders
    in 2005 has reduced the dependence risks on the main shareholders
    and the influence level of political risks on the bank. The main
    shareholders are interested in development of the bank and can show
    comprehensive financial support to it. The management quality of the
    bank is also positively assessed. Its partnership with EBRD positively
    affects quality of the corporative management, sources of funding of
    the active operation and its market positions. The main management
    procedure are well developed in the bank and are within the frames of
    modern standards, which positively reflects stability of the client
    and resource base. He also emphasized, that in connection with the
    political events, in the middle of 2008 the bank found itself among the
    'medium' banks by the size of assets, but it already has a tendency
    of correcting the situation and returning to the leading five of the
    banking market as soon as possible.

    To note, Armeconombank is a private, universal bank with a developed
    clientele base and regional network. The bank's activity includes
    serving large corporate clients, programs on small and medium-sized
    business financing, market of plastic cards, consumer crediting,
    including mortgage programs. The bank efficiently operates in the
    sphere of international trade financing and banking guarantees. The
    bank also has developed relations with foreign financial institutes.

    GlobalRating Group unites national rating agencies in the CIS
    countries.

    There are currently rating agencies in Russia (RusRating), Armenia
    (AmRating), Kazakhstan (KzRating) and Azerbaijan (AzeriRating). The
    agency focuses on awarding credit ratings to banks and leasing
    companies, as well as to their debt instruments. The agency also draws
    up analytical reviews on various segments of the financial market.
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