We believe that Brazil-based bank BTG Pactual has diminished pressure on its liquidity, which resulted from the arrest of its former CEO and chairman. As a result, we believe the bank is now in a sound position to meet its short-term obligations. We're upgrading the bank to 'BB-/B' from 'B+/B' on global scale and to 'brA-/brA-2' from 'brBBB-/brA-3' on national scale following our reassessment of the bank's liquidity to moderate from weak. We also removed the ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications. The negative outlook reflects our view of the negative economic and industry risk trends in our Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) on Brazil. We believe BTG's finances could deteriorate because of pressures on Brazil's banking system as