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UBL Financial Statements - United Bank Limited

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NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 201143.4. Credit Risk - General DisclosuresThe <strong>Bank</strong> follows the Standardized Approach for its Credit Risk Exposures, which sets out fixed risk weightscorresponding to external credit ratings where applicable. Where no external rating is available, a 100% risk weightis used.Under the Standardized Approach, the Capital requirement is based on the credit rating assigned to counterpartiesby External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) duly recognized by the SBP. The <strong>Bank</strong> selects particular ECAIsfor each type of claim. The <strong>Bank</strong> utilizes the credit ratings assigned by PACRA (Pakistan Credit Rating Agency),JCR-VIS (Japan Credit Rating Company <strong>Limited</strong> – Vital Information Systems), Fitch, Moody’s and Standard &Poors. The <strong>Bank</strong> also utilizes rating scores of Export Credit Agencies participating in the “Arrangement on OfficiallySupported Export Credits”.Mapping to SBP Rating GradesFor all exposures, the selected final ratings after application of the principles stated above are translated to thestandard rating grades given by the SBP. The mapping tables used for converting ECAI ratings to SBP ratinggrades are given below:Long – Term Rating Grades MappingSBP Rating grade123456Fitch Moody’s S & P PACRA JCR-VIS ECA ScoresAAA Aaa AAA AAA AAA 0AA+ Aa1 AA+ AA+ AA+ 1AA Aa2 AA AA AAAA- Aa3 AA- AA- AA-A+ A1 A+ A+ A+ 2A A2 A A AA- A3 A- A- A-BBB+ Baa1 BBB+ BBB+ BBB+ 3BBB Baa2 BBB BBB BBBBBB- Baa3 BBB- BBB- BBB-BB+ Ba1 BB+ BB+ BB+ 4BB Ba2 BB BB BBBB- Ba3 BB- BB- BB-B+ B1 B+ B+ B+ 5B B2 B B B 6B- B3 B- B- B-CCC+ andbelowCaa1 andbelowCCC+ andbelowCCC CCC 7CCCCCCDShort – Term Rating Grades MappingSBP Rating GradeS1S1S2S3S4Fitch Moody’s S & P PACRA JCR-VISF1 P-1 A-1+ A-1+ A-1+F1 P-1 A-1 A-1 A-1F2 P-2 A-2 A-2 A-2F3 P-3 A-3 A-3 A-3Others Others Others Others Others43

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