Credit Rating

EIF has the status of a Multilateral Development Bank which allows financial institutions to apply a 20% risk weighting under Basel 1 and a 0% risk weighting under Basel 2 to assets guaranteed by EIF (according to the EU Capital Requirements Directive).

EIF also benefits from AAA-ratings, which is annually assessed by Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

The key drivers for the outlook result from:

• Multilateral development bank status
• Highly credit-rated shareholders
• Ample liquidity and strong capitalisation
• Debt-free balance sheet
• Sound risk management and monitoring
• Strong governance and highly qualified staff

For details, refer to the 2017 credit ratings reports:

• Fitch
• Moody's
• Standard & Poors