Investment Times

Fitch Ratings has affirmed United Bank for Africa Plc’s (UBA) long-term issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘B-‘ with a positive outlook. It also affirmed the bank’s national long-term rating at ‘A+(nga)’ with a stable outlook. The rating agency said UBA’s IDRs are driven by its standalone creditworthiness, as expressed by its VR. “The VR is constrained by Nigeria’s Long-Term IDR of ‘B-‘ due to the bank’s high sovereign exposure relative to capital and the concentration of its operations in Nigeria. The ‘b-‘ VR is one notch below the ‘b’ implied VR due to the operating environment/sovereign rating constraint”, the UK...