The credit rating agency — Moody’s affirmed the deposit ratings of ICICI Bank at Baa3. The Bank’s baseline credit assessment (BCA) and adjusted BCA are also affirmed at ba1. Moody’s has lowered the counterparty risk assessment from Baa2(cr)/P-2(cr) to Baa3(cr)/P-3(cr) and the local currency counterparty risk rating from Baa2/P-2 to Baa3/P-3. The outlook on the Bank’s rating was revised from stable to negative.
ICICI Bank is India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets. ICICI Bank’s subsidiaries include India’s leading private sector insurance, asset management and securities brokerage companies, and among the country’s largest private equity firms.