OREANDA-NEWS. May 29, 2015. Moody’s Investors Service has today confirmed Rabobank’s long term debt and deposit ratings at Aa2. The outlook will be changed to Stable from Negative. The short-term debt and deposit ratings are affirmed at Prime-1.

The affirmation follows the rating review of Moody's Investors Service on several Dutch banks. These reviews were initiated on 17 March 2015, following the publication of Moody's new bank rating methodology and also reflect revisions in Moody's government support assumptions.

Moody’s has recently introduced the concept of Counterparty Risk Rating (CR), which is applicable to certain senior operating obligations and other contractual commitments. Based on Moody’s expectation that authorities would likely ensure that such obligations are honored in the event of a bank failure in order to preserve the continuity of the bank’s key operations, maintain payment flows, limit market disruption and avoid contagion, they have assigned an Aa1 (cr) / Prime-1 (cr) CR Assessment to Rabobank.