RATING ACTION:
On July 26, 2023, CariCRIS reaffirmed the assigned Issuer/Corporate Credit Ratings of CariBBB- (Foreign and Local Currency Ratings) on the regional rating scale, and jmBBB+ (Foreign and Local Currency Ratings) on the Jamaica national scale to Sygnus Credit Investments Limited (SCI or the Company). A stable outlook was assigned.
RATING SENSITIVITY FACTORS:
Factors that could, individually or collectively, lead to an improvement in the rating and/or outlook:
- Improving business conditions over the next 12-15 months, thereby leading to growth in client base and sustained earnings growth
- Further diversity in asset class through the successful launch of new products
- SCI’s ability to attract and retain lower cost funding
Factors that could, individually or collectively, lead to a lowering of the rating and/or outlook:
- Deterioration of asset quality as measured by the ratio of non-performing notes to gross notes to 8% or more
- Increase of SCI’s debt to TNW and/or total debt to total assets ratio to over 1.25 times or above 50% respectively for 2 consecutive financial years
- Cost to Income ratio weakens to 50% and over
- A sustained decrease in yield from average interest earning assets to less than 8.5% and/or a rise in funding costs to over 8.3%, thereby leading to a tightening of the net interest spread earned on investments for 2 consecutive financial years
Analysts’ Contact Info:
Anelia Oudit
Mobile : 1-868-487-8364
Brandon Singh
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