S&P Assigns Credito Bergamasco A/A-1 Rtg. Otlk Stbl.PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor's CreditWire 10/19/98--Standard & Poor's today assigned its single-'A' long-term and 'A-1' short-term counterparty Counterparty The other participant, including intermediaries, in a swap or contract. ratings to Credito Bergamasco (Creberg). The outlook is stable. The ratings reflect the bank's healthy profitability, stable funding base, sound credit-risk management, and strong capitalization. It also reflects its membership of the Banca Popolare Not to be confused with Banco Popolare, a larger Italian banking group. Banca Popolare is a cooperative bank operating primarily in the Tirol region of Italy. External links
n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. its home base in northeastern Italy. Standard & Poor's believes that Creberg will benefit from its integration into its new parent group because of economies of scale following the merger of information systems and asset management activities, and because of the widening of its product range, notably the distribution of insurance products developed by Societa Cattolica di Assicurazione, its second-largest shareholder with 11.44% of capital. With Italian lira LIRA. The name of a foreign coin. In all computations at the custom house, the lira of Sardinia shall be estimated at eighteen cents and six mills. Act of March 22, 1846. The lira of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, and the lira of Tuscany, at sixteen cents. Act of March 22, 1846. (ITL ITL The ISO 4217 currency code for the Italian Lira. ) 12.7 trillion (US$7.2 billion at ITL1,760 to US$1) in total assets at year-end 1997, Creberg is a second-tier bank in Italy. The bank has, however, a strong franchise in its home base, the province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo (Italian: Provincia di Bergamo) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,022,428 (2006), an area of 2,723 square km, and contains 244 comuni (singular: comune). , where it has a market share of 13.9% of loans and 13% of deposits. Creberg's core business is banking services for small and midsize businesses and individuals. The bank is firmly customer focused. Its deep knowledge of its local market combined with effective risk management has enabled Creberg to stabilize its asset-quality ratios at levels that are well above the Italian system average and in line with those of the best regional banks in the country. Its return on adjusted equity has exceeded 11% since 1996, a good performance by domestic standards, particularly when its strong capitalization is taken into account. Outlook: Stable The outlook reflects Standard & Poor's expectation that Creberg will maintain its strong financial profile and develop successful synergies with its parent bank. The outlook also reflects Standard & Poor's belief that BPV-BSGSP will maintain sound fundamentals and remain conservative in its development strategy.--CreditWire |
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