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Brief: First Credit Union rated

Fitch Ratings assigned New Zealand-based First Credit Union a long- term issuer default rating of BB with a stable outlook. Fitch said the rating reflected "a higher risk appetite relative to most other deposit taking institutions in New Zealand … and the credit union's modest profitability."

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