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      Scope has completed a monitoring review for the European Financial Stability Facility
      FRIDAY, 26/02/2021 - Scope Ratings GmbH
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      Scope has completed a monitoring review for the European Financial Stability Facility

      Monitoring review announcement

      Scope Ratings reviews its ratings either yearly, or every six months in the case of sovereigns, sub-sovereigns and supranational organisations. Monitoring reviews are unrelated to the calendar that outlines public finance rating actions.

      Scope performs monitoring reviews to determine whether outstanding ratings remains proportionate. Monitoring reviews are conducted either by performing a portfolio review in terms of the applicable methodology/ies, latest developments, and the rated entity’s financial and operational aspects relative to similarly rated peers; or through targeted reviews on an individual credit. Scope publicly announces the completion of each monitoring review on its website.

      Scope completed the monitoring review for the European Financial Stability Facility (AA+/Stable; S-1+/Stable) on 26 February 2021. This monitoring note does not constitute a rating action nor indicates the likelihood of a credit rating action in the short term. The latest information on the credit ratings in this monitoring note along with the associated rating history can be found on www.scoperatings.com.

      Key rating factors

      Scope’s assignment of the European Financial Stability Facility’s (EFSF) AA+ rating reflects the supranational’s highly rated key shareholders, strong guarantee mechanism and excellent capital markets access. However, the EFSF’s mandate to lend to crisis-hit countries results in weak asset quality, and its shareholder base is highly concentrated. The Stable Outlook reflects Scope’s assessment that the risks are broadly balanced. The rating could be downgraded if: i) key shareholders are downgraded; ii) the cash buffer significantly reduced; and/or iii) access to capital markets were meaningfully impaired. The rating could be upgraded if: i) key shareholders are upgraded; and/or ii) the EFSF’s liquidity buffers significantly and permanently increased.

      The methodology applicable for the reviewed rating(s) and/or rating Outlook(s) (Supranational Entities, 11 November 2020) is available on https://www.scoperatings.com/#!methodology/list.
      This monitoring note is issued by Scope Ratings GmbH, Lennéstraße 5, D-10785 Berlin, Tel +49 30 27891-0.
      Lead analyst Alvise Lennkh, Executive Director

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