OREANDA-NEWS. April 03, 2012. Expert RA rating agency assigned A (high credibility) rating to NOVIKOMBANK BO-01 bond loan (registration number 4BO20102546B).

The bond credibility rating corresponds to the issuer creditworthiness rating (A, high creditworthiness). Agency analysts expect the bond and the issuer credit quality to correspond in future, too, therefore changed issuer credit rating should be followed by revision of the bond issue credibility rating as well

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