RBC.Rating came up with the results of Russian banks’ performance in the first half of 2008. In addition to the other research aspects, the agency’s analysts looked into the banks’ advance portfolios and rated the companies on the basis of these and using the credit loss criterion.

SKB-Bank was given the 11th position on the list of banks with minimum losses. RBC.Rating reports the bank’s loan portfolio losses were close to zero percent (the actual figure came to about 1 million RUR over January-August 2008).

To compile the rating, RBC.Rating’s analysts used off-balance sheet accounts 917 and 918.