THE ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL RATING AGENCY (IIRA) DOWNGRADES BANK ASYA

Islamic International Rating Agency (IIRA) has lowered the foreign currency international scale and local currency credit rating of Bank Asya to respectively B+ and BB- (previously BB+ and BBB-), in response to the weakened financial profile of the institution. IIRA has also revised the bank's national scale rating to BB+ from A. IIRA said the bank's opportunities to raise fresh capital and to reach liquidity in the market have decreased. It can no longer endure this situation. The credit rating agency Moody's also adjusted the ratings of the bank downward in a statement released in the last week of August.