Research Update: Italy's Unipol Banca Long-Term Rating Lowered To 'BB' And Kept On CreditWatch Negative; 'B' Short-Term Rating Affirmed Feb 12

Standard & Poors, February 2012

Abstract
On Jan. 13, 2012, Standard & Poor's lowered its unsolicited long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Italy to 'BBB+/A-2' from 'A/A-1', assigned a negative outlook, and removed the ratings from CreditWatch negative. We have revised our Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) on Italy to group '4' from group '3', and our economic risk and industry risk scores on Italy to '4' from '3'. We are lowering our long-term rating on Italy-based Unipol Banca SpA to 'BB' from 'BB+' and maintaining it on CreditWatch negative. We are also affirming our 'B' short-term rating on Unipol Banca. The negative CreditWatch reflects the possibility that we could lower the ratings on Unipol Banca following potential similar actions on...

Companies mentioned in this report are: Unipol Banca SpA
Action: CreditWatch Update
Action: Downgraded

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