August, 29 2018, S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) assigned its ‘AA+’ long-term and ‘A-1+’ short-term issuer credit ratings with a stable outlook on New Development Bank (“NDB”).

In its press release S&P stated, “The ratings reflect our opinion that NDB will establish itself as a catalyst in reducing the infrastructure deficits faced by its BRICS members.” S&P assessed NDB’s business profile as strong and financial profile as extremely strong reflecting its robust capitalization and ample liquidity. S&P acknowledged robust shareholder support as a key rating factor underpinning its assessment of NDB’s strong business profile. S&P assessed NDB’s risk management policies as sound and similar to its highly rated peers.

S&P press release is available here.

August, 3 2018, Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) assigned New Development Bank (“NDB”) a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘AA+’ with a Stable Outlook. Fitch has also assigned NDB a Short-Term IDR of ‘F1+’.

Fitch stated in its press release that NDB’s AA+ rating is driven by the intrinsic features, based on Fitch’s long-term projections. Fitch considers NDB’s capitalization as “excellent” and risk profile as “low”. Fitch assesses NDB’s risk management policies as “strong”, mainly reflecting the bank’s self-imposed prudential rules, primarily on the capitalization and liquidity fronts.

Fitch press release is available here.