OREANDA-NEWS. National Rating Agency has affirmed its national scale 'AA-' credit rating on JSC AIKB Tatfondbank (TFB).

The affirmation of TFB's rating reflects the bank's stable market position in the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as its funding base expansion and diversification and asset growth on the back of the inflow of new customers from other regions. The bank demonstrates its ability to promptly respond to new macroeconomic realities, maintaining a well-matched asset-liabilitymanagement profile, strong solvency and high asset quality.

NRA also note TFB's up-to-date organizational structure that helps minimize operational and business risks and quickly respond to the changing macroeconomic factors.

The rating is constrained by the high risk exposures to non-core banking assets (although the latter generate stable operating cash flows) and the bank's considerable trading portfolio, mostly represented by fixed income instruments with a potentially variable value that may affect TFB's financial results. In addition, the bank's financial performance and profitability may be pressured by the increased cost of funding in both the local and global markets.