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IBI-Rating and BCRA have signed a memorandum of cooperation

21.05.2018
Rating agency IBI-Rating signed a memorandum of understanding and strategic cooperation with BCRA, a European rating agency.

The main goals of the concluded memorandum are, as follows: contributing to the entry of Western companies into the Ukrainian market, facilitating access of domestic companies to the international capital markets and the European market, further increase in the rating standards, as well as expanding the range of the application of credit ratings as a qualitative, independent and objective instrument of the solvency assessment.

According to the memorandum, the Agencies plan to carry out common analytical work, implement joint projects, develop information cooperation and promote mutual recognition of the ratings by European investors and regulators.

The parties will create, use and develop a common client database and exchange information on any matters requiring technical assistance to each other at the territory of Republic of Bulgaria and Ukraine. The parties is obliged to ensure safety and security of such data.

«This is the only active bilateral rating partnership in Ukraine. To our clients, it is a kind of a guarantee of the quality of IBI-Rating’s work. Assignment of ratings in accordance with the national scale along with the international scale is a worldwide recognized benchmark for the credit risk assessment contributing to an increase of the effectiveness of the investor risk management», - said Mr. Alexey Amfiteatrov, CEO of the rating agency IBI-Rating.

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IBI-Rating is a Ukrainian rating agency authorized by the NSSMC; founded in 2005, it is the largest in Ukraine. IBI-Rating works with municipalities, financial and non-financial corporations. In addition to its core business, i.e., determination of ratings, it also provides consulting services and conducts analytical research of various sectors of the economy.

BCRA – Credit Rating Agency is the largest Bulgarian rating agency; it was founded in 2002; BCRA has acquired over a decade of experience in assigning credit ratings and providing ancillary services to various private and public entities, banks, corporate, sovereign, municipalities in Europe, and is among the very first agencies registered in compliance with Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and European Council. Credit ratings assigned by BCRA are used for regulatory purposes in the EU.

For additional information please contact:
Press office of IBI-Rating
(044) 362-90-84
press(at)ibi.com.ua