Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Assigned 'A-/A-2' And 'cnAA/cnA-1' Ratings; Outlook Stable

We consider BOCOMFL as a core subsidiary of its parent bank. In our view, the China-based leasing company is fully integrated within the BOCOM group, providing leasing products and services that help the group service its large customer base. We are assigning our 'A-' long-term and 'A-2' short-term issuer credit ratings to BOCOMFL. We are also assigning our 'cnAA' long-term and 'cnA-1' short-term Greater China regional scale ratings to the company. The stable outlook on BOCOMFL reflects the outlook on the parent and our expectation that the leasing company will remain a core subsidiary over the next one to two years. SINGAPORE (Standard&Poor's) March 19, 2015--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it had assigned its 'A-'

...+ We consider BOCOMFL as a core subsidiary of its parent bank. + In our view, the China-based leasing company is fully integrated within the BOCOM group, providing leasing products and services that help the group service its large customer base. + We are assigning our 'A-' long-term and 'A-2' short-term issuer credit ratings to BOCOMFL. We are also assigning our 'cnAA' long-term and 'cnA-1' short-term Greater China regional scale ratings to the company. + The stable outlook on BOCOMFL reflects the outlook on the parent and our expectation that the leasing company will remain a core subsidiary over the next one to two years. SINGAPORE (Standard & Poor's) March 19, 2015--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it had assigned its 'A-' long-term and 'A-2' short-term issuer credit ratings to Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (BOCOMFL). The outlook on the long-term rating is stable. We also assigned our 'cnAA' long-term and 'cnA-1' short-term Greater China regional...

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