Moody's has downgraded Novo Banco in a rating cut to "poor quality and very high credit risk" that shows the recent Bank of Portugal move to recapitalise the loss-making bank has backfired.
Moody's believes that even the latest solvency situation at Novo Banco "can further worsen" even after the Bank of Portugal authorised the transfer of €1.985 billion in bonds from Novo Banco back to the bombed out BES.