Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank
2:00 pm
Mr. Paul Stanley:
They are different, and I will give a flavour of why they are. Our Northern Ireland company, UBL, holds the investment in UBIL, which is the Republic of Ireland company. The liquidity regime for UBL is very much wrapped up in Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, and there is a look through to that linkage to the parent, whereas UBIL is increasingly being regarded by the rating agencies on a standalone basis. Given that Moody's is reviewing its methodologies and reinforcing this approach, I expect to see the existing differential widen.
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