15 Oct 2012 14:13

Bank Saint Petersburg planning at least $50 mln in 6-yr subordinated bonds at c.11% - source

MOSCOW. Oct 15 (Interfax) - Bank Saint Petersburg plans to place at least $50 million in six-year subordinated Eurobonds, a financial market source told Interfax.

Yield guidance is approximately 11%.

The deal should be closed this week.

BNP Paribas and UBS Investment Bank are running the placement.

The bank was Russia's 15th largest by assets, according to the Interfax-100 ranking at the end of H1 2012.

Its capital adequacy ratio according to Basel Committee standards fell to 12.86% from 13.92% in the half. Tier 1 CAR fell to 9.3% from 10.17%.

The loan portfolio before provision charges grew 5.5% to 244.1 billion rubles.

The capital adequacy ratio as per the Central Bank's regulatory standards (N1) fell to 11.47% from 11.96% during H1, the lower threshold being 10%.