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Date
20-Mar-18

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Ayesha Qasim
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PACRA Withdraw Entity Ratings of IGI Investment Bank Limited

Rating Type Entity
Current
(20-Mar-18 )
Previous
(18-Dec-17 )
Action Withdraw Maintain
Long Term - BBB-
Short Term - A3
Outlook Developing
Rating Watch - -

IGI Investment Bank Limited is fully amalgamated with and into IGI Insurance Limited. Honorable High Court of Sindh approved the amalgamation of IGI Investment Bank with and into IGI Insurance as on December 16, 2017. IGI Insurance published merged financial statements for 2016 with auditors' report thereon as January 04, 2018. Consequently, The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited (PACRA) has withdrawn the entity ratings of IGI Investment Bank Limited (IGI IBL) [Long-term "BBB-" and short-term "A3"].

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The primary function of PACRA is to evaluate the capacity and willingness of an entity to honor its obligations. Our ratings reflect an independent, professional and impartial assessment of the risks associated with a particular instrument or an entity. PACRA's comprehensive offerings include instrument and entity credit ratings, insurer financial strength ratings, fund ratings, asset manager ratings and real estate gradings. PACRA opinion is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold a security, in as much as it does not comment on the security's market price or suitability for a particular investor.