BNS: Preferred Technical Downgrade on Global Scale by S&P

Standard & Poor’s has announced:

  • Following a review of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) under Standard & Poor’s revised bank criteria (published on Nov. 9, 2011), we are affirming the ‘AA-/A-1+’ long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on
    BNS. The outlook is stable.

  • Our ratings on BNS reflect the bank’s strong business position, adequate
    capital and earnings, strong risk position, and average funding and adequate liquidity, as our criteria define these terms.

  • The ratings on BNS benefit from a one-notch uplift for potential extraordinary government support in a crisis.
  • We expect the bank to continue to generate consistent earnings supported by its stable retail banking operations and manageable loan losses.

As we previously announced, on Dec. 13, 2011, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘AA-/A-1+’ long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on The Bank of Nova Scotia. The outlook is stable. At the same time, we lowered the ratings on the bank and its subsidiaries’ hybrid securities and preferred stock to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’, two notches below the SACP, consistent with the application of our revised bank hybrid capital criteria (published Nov. 1, 2011).

The issues remain at P-1(low) on the Preferred Scale.

BNS has the following issues outstanding: BNS.PR.J, BNS.PR.K, BNS.PR.L, BNS.PR.M, BNS.PR.N and BNS.PR.O (DeemedRetractible) and BNS.PR.P, BNS.PR.Q, BNS.PR.R, BNS.PR.T, BNS.PR.X, BNS.PR.Y and BNS.PR.Z (FixedReset).

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