DBRS Morningstar Assigns Rating of AAA to PSP Capital Inc.’s 1.625% Senior Notes due 2028
Pension FundsDBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a rating of AAA with a Stable trend to the 1.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the Notes) issued by PSP Capital Inc. (PSP Capital). The rating assigned is based upon the existing rating assigned to PSP Capital’s Medium-Term Notes. The $1.0 billion Notes have a coupon rate of 1.625% and a maturity date of October 26, 2028. PSP Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary and the principal financing vehicle of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSPIB). The Notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the PSPIB and rank pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of PSP Capital.
A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.
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All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
The principal methodology is Rating Canadian Public Pension Funds & Related Exclusive Asset Managers (April 30, 2021), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria.
The DBRS Morningstar Sovereign group releases baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereigns. DBRS Morningstar analysis considered impacts consistent with the baseline scenarios as set forth in the following report: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/384482/baseline-macroeconomic-scenarios-application-to-credit-ratings.
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