Would the Integration of Asian Financial Markets Benefit From Regional Rating Agencies?
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1 Would the Integration of Asian Financial Markets Benefit From Regional Rating Agencies? by Giovanni Ferri (University of Bari Italy Presentation at ADB on 24 July, 2006 ADB Seminar Series on Regional Economic Integration
2 Key Questions in Presentation 1 Why is the development and integration of financial markets in Asia progressing much more slowly than GDP growth and productive integration? Lack of a single currency/strong exchange rate agreement (though important) not only answer we need to consider other factors We look at a particular infrastructure: Credit Rating Agencies (RAs) affecting issuers access to financial markets & (with Basel II) also to bank credit
3 Key Questions in Presentation 2 As to Asian rating market structure, we show: (i) density of national RAs (NRAs) and extensiveness of firm ratings is highest in Asia; (ii) by specializing on rating smaller-sized/domesticfocused firms, NRAs complement (rather than substitute) the GRAs (Moodys, S&P, Fitch), who focus instead on the other firms But, current situation still suboptimal since rating quality is not entirely satisfactory: (i) to give financial markets quality information on issuers, Asian NRAs need to improve their independence & reputation; (ii) being based on country-specific scales, NRA ratings are little comparable across Asian countries, thus favoring segmentation rather than integration
4 Key Questions in Presentation 3 We argue that Regional RAs (RRAs) would overcome current NRA limits, since: (i) RRAs could be more independent since their ownership would not coincide with their market of operation and the larger regional market would give stronger incentives to be reputable; (ii) RRAs would assign ratings based on a region-wide scale, thus favoring Asian financial market integration. Thus, RRAs can enhance Asian bond market development & integration ADB can help Asian RRAs inception
5 Bond Mkt Development: Key for Asia The financial crisis highlighted the problem of bond market underdevelopment in Asia corporate borrowers excessively dependent on bank finance Actions were taken to boost Asian bond market development, particularly for corporate bonds (e.g. ASEAN + 3 Asian Bond Market Initiative; ABMI) but progress has been limited, especially for corporate bonds (see fig 1)
6 Bond Market Size/GDP: 1995 vs Figure 1 RATIO (%) OF PRIVATE BONDS OUTSTANDING TO GDP 120,0 115,2 100,0 80,0 83,9 60,0 40,0 20,0 0,0 41,7 40,2 31,9 30,1 21,9 23,0 21,7 13,2 11,2 10,8 8,3 5,9 7,1 2,7 Total Bonds Total Bonds Corporate Bonds Corporate Bonds USA Asia Asia excluding Japan Euro Area
7 Why Little Progress in Asia? Certainly, lack of a single currency/strong exchange rate agreement is important factor but even Europe, in spite of the Euro, did not rapidly converge to the US benchmark we need to consider other factors We study Credit Rating Agencies (RAs) a key support to bond market functioning, particularly for corporate issuers
8 RAs Key to Capital & Credit Markets Ratings are an essential lubricant for financial markets by reducing information asymmetry of investors vis-à-vis issuers Unexpected rating changes affect level-volatility of bondshare price (Kliger & Sarig 2000) and credit default swaps (Hull et al. 2004); bond downgrades cause negative abnormal stock returns (Dichev & Piotroski 2001) RAs affect also credit markets with Basel II: directly, for the limited number of rated borrowers of banks choosing the standardized approach ; indirectly, for the other banks, whose IRB models to be validated by supervisors need to be consistent with RAs methodologies (i.e. RAs are a benchmark for IRB validation)
9 Global vs. National RAs 1 Looking at ratings in emerging economies: - Asia has the largest number of ratings (fig 2) - GRAs penetration is smallest in Asia where independent NRAs are strongest (fig 3) - GRAs seem to pursue a local-rooting strategy, moving from branches to subsidiaries (fig 4) - NRAs dominate in several emerging Asian countries (India, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand) and also in Japan (fig 5)
10 Figure 2 NUMBER OF RATINGS ACROSS REGIONS: EMERGING ECONOMIES Africa Asia & Oceania Europe Latin America
11 Figure 3 Share (%) of the Rating Market Held by NRAs 50 48, ,2 19, ,0 5 0 Africa Asia Europe Latin America
12 Figure 4 GCRAs' BRANCHES & SUBSIDIARIES VS. INDEPENDENT AGENCIES: EMERGING WORLD 40,0 34,5 35,3 36,9 34,6 35,0 30,0 28,5 30,2 % MARKET SHARE 25,0 20,0 15,0 10,0 5,0 0,0 GCRAs - Total external branches GCRAs - Total external subsidiaries Total national-independent
13 100,0 90,0 80,0 70,0 60,0 50,0 40,0 30,0 20,0 10,0 0,0 0,0 90,1 Figure 5 Figure 5 MARKET SHARE (%) OF NATIONAL RATING AGENCIES 81,9 82,4 69,0 61,0 65,8 25,3 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 Philippines Japan Hong Kong India Indonesia Israel Malaysia Pakistan Singapor Thailand Taiwan Turkey Vietnam China South Korea
14 Is There Value Added in NRAs? Yes, because they seem to complement (rather than substitute) GRAs: - NRAs specialize in rating more domestic-focused firms (fig 6); - NRAs focus on smaller-sized companies (fig 7) Thus, NRAs feed rating market (many Asian smaller-sized firms hold a rating only thanks to NRAs) pre-condition to expand bond market no surprise the strong correlation between presence of NRAs & bond market development
15 Figure 6 Share (%) of Firms Listed Also Abroad 100,0 100,0 96,9 100,0 89,5 90,0 80,0 70,0 70,8 69,8 66,3 73,9 69,8 60,0 48,3 50,0 40,0 30,0 20,0 10,0 0,0 India Japan Korea Malaysia Four Countries Average Firms holding a rating (also) from GRAs Firms holding a rating (only) from NRAs
16 Figure 7 Relative size of firms holding a rating (only) from NRAs as a ratio to firms holding a rating (also) from GRAs 0,300 0,259 0,250 0,200 0,150 0,148 0,100 0,133 0,100 0,055 0,050 0,000 India Japan Korea Malaysia Four Countries Average
17 But Asian Situation Still Suboptimal Two major problems with Asian NRAs: - They need to improve independence & reputation - NRA country-specific rating scales favor national segmentation (rather than regional integration) of the bond market
18 NRAs Independence & Reputation Often regulation & practice weaken marketbased discipline on NRA rating quality, e.g.: - lack of recognition of foreign RAs; - regulatory requirement that corporate bonds have more than 1 rating At times ownership & governance structure is not conducive to independence, e.g.: - when a bank holds a significant share in an NRA, the interest of the latter may be too closely aligned with bank shareholders; - possible conflict of interests in rating groups which generate a large share of the single NRAs fees
19 NRA Country Specific Scale: e.g., Korea s NICE vs S&P (Ratings Always Higher) Firm Korean NRAs(NICE) GRAs(S&P) 1 AA- ('06.6) BBB- 2 AAA ('06.6) A- 3 BBB-('06.5) CCC 4 AA- ('06.5) BBB- 5 BBB+ ('06.6) BB- 6 AA ('06.6) BBB- 7 AA('06.6) BBB- 8 BBB+ ('06.6) BB 9 AAA ('06.5) A- 10 BBB+ ('06.5) B+ 11 A- ('06.2) BB+ 12 AAA ('06.5) A 13 AA+ ('06.3) BBB 14 AAA ('04.6) A 15 AAA ('06.6) A 16 AAA ('06.5) A- 17 AAA ('05.7) A-
20 Asia Needs Regional Rating Agencies 1 Regional RAs (RRAs) could overcome the current first NRA limit, since (i) independence & reputation: - RRAs should be more independent [ their ownership would not coincide with any single national market of operation]; - the larger regional market would give RRAs stronger incentives to be reputable [ more at stake]
21 Asia Needs Regional Rating Agencies 2 RRAs could overcome the current second NRA limit, since (ii) going beyond national rating scales: - RRAs would assign ratings based on a region-wide scale, thus favoring Asian financial market integration [ investors throughout Asia would be better able to compare issuers across countries this would help create a truly region-wide bond market, well beyond the sum of the current national bond markets]
22 What Can ADB Do? 1 A first possible ADB action to promote the foundation of RRAs in Asia: - Support more thorough studies of NRAs merits and limits, to make a stronger case for RRAs: - whereas in recent years several authors analyzed GRAs working, only a few seminal papers study NRAs; - cursory evidence tells us that NRAs differ from GRAs: (i) in some positive aspects (small firm focus, lower fees, more tailoring to local business practice); (ii) but also in some negative aspects (independence & reputation; rating scale); - the studies would possibly show that RRAs contribute to bond market development as they improve on NRAs by removing the cons while retaining the pros.
23 What Can ADB Do? 2 A second possible ADB action to promote the foundation of RRAs in Asia: - Encourage Asian countries to utilize Basel II as a unique opportunity to favor a market-driven development of RRAs in the area: - Basel II gives a prominent role to RAs & expand the ratings market; - this could give NRAs a chance to try becoming RRAs; - however, such an opportunity will materialize only if domestic bank regulators approve (qualified) NRAs from other Asian countries to issue ratings domestically; - that is, to promote RRAs, ADB should persuade national regulators to avoid precluding (Basel II related) entry to NRAs from other countries
24 What Can ADB Do? 3 A third possible ADB action to promote the foundation of RRAs in Asia: - Eventually sponsoring the merger of two or more Asian NRAs: - venturing into region-wide business operation requires large shoulders (at the beginning) for any NRA and the cost may be prohibitive if the service has to be supplied via greenfield investment; - the merger of two or more NRAs probably makes more sense; - ADB could assist in two ways: (i) as a third-party shareholder; (ii) facilitating the identification of the potential matching partners and the subsequent negotiations
25 In conclusion 1 Observing that the development and integration of financial markets in Asia is progressing too slowly, we addressed the role of Credit Rating Agencies (RAs), a key infrastructure for bond market development & (with Basel II) also for bank credit too As to rating market structure, we showed: (i) density of national RAs (NRAs) and extent of firm ratings is highest in Asia; (ii) by specializing on rating smaller-sized/domesticfocused firms, NRAs complement (rather than substitute) the Global RAs (Moodys, S&P, Fitch), who focus instead on the other firms
26 In conclusion 2 But, rating quality unsatisfactory, NRAs need: (i) more independence & reputation; (ii) avoid country rating scales (segmentation) Regional RAs (RRAs) to overcome NRA limits: (i) RRAs more independent (ownership outside national boundaries) and more reputation incentive; (ii) RRA ratings on a region-wide scale (integration) Thus, RRAs can enhance Asian bond market development & integration ADB can help nurture RRA in various ways
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