Finance

Fitch Ratings (Thailand) has assigned a National Long-Term Rating of ‘AAA(tha)’ to United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited’s (UOBT; AAA(tha)/Stable) upcoming issue of up to THB5 billion senior unsecured bonds. The bonds will have a tenor of three years. KEY RATING DRIVERSThe bonds are rated at the same level as UOBT’s National Long-Term Rating […]

Fitch Ratings (Thailand) has affirmed the ‘AAA(tha)’ National Long-Term Rating on the Thai baht senior unsecured notes of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s (SMBC; A/Negative/F1) Bangkok Branch. KEY RATING DRIVERSThe note rating is based on SMBC’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘A’, which is two notches higher than Thailand’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR of…