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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
MARC Ratings has assigned a "Gold" Impact Assessment to Paramount Corporation Berhad’s Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework. The framework has been established to set the guiding principles for Paramount’s issuance of Sustainability-Linked Financing to achieve sustainability performance targets (SPTs) in relation to selected key performance indicators (KPIs).Bursa Malaysia-listed Paramoun...

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Konsortium KAJV Sdn Bhd’s (KAJV) RM1.0 billion Sukuk Wakalah Programme with a stable outlook. The rating mirrors Terengganu’s sub-sovereign AA-/Stable rating and reflects the capacity of the Terengganu state government to meet its payment obligations due on the Facility Payment Certificates (FPC) it issued for work completed by KAJV for the Ku...

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its A+IS(s) and AAAIS(bg) ratings on Projek Lintasan Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Sdn Bhd’s (PLSUKE) Sukuk Wakalah Programme of up to RM2.0 billion and bank-guaranteed Facilities of up to RM500.0 million. The latter is guaranteed by Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad which carries a financial institution rating of AAA from MARC Ratings. All ratings carry a stable outlook. P...

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Thursday, May 09, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Farm Fresh Berhad’s Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of RM1.0 billion under the Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar. The rating outlook is stable. The outstanding under the rated programme stood at RM300.0 million as at end-April 2024.The rating affirmation is driven by Farm Fresh’s strengths as a vertically integrated dairy prod...

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Friday, May 03, 2024
MARC Ratings has withdrawn its rating of A+IS on Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad’s RM2.0 billion Senior Sukuk Programme. The rating withdrawal follows the termination of the programme as confirmed by the facility agent on April 23, 2024. MARC Ratings’ analytical coverage on Bank Muamalat’s issuance is now limited to the bank’s RM5.0 billion Sukuk Wakalah Programme.Contacts:Fahmi Hawari,...

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Friday, May 03, 2024
MARC Ratings has revised its outlook on Tropicana Corporation Berhad’s rated programmes to stable from negative. Concurrently, the ratings on the programmes, the RM1.5 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) (Sukuk Wakalah) and RM2.0 billion Perpetual Sukuk, have been affirmed at AIS and A-IS.The outlook revision considers the improved credit profile of Tropicana, driven by its ongoing delevera...

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Tuesday, Apr 30, 2024
MARC Ratings has withdrawn its MARC-1IS rating on UEM Edgenta Berhad’s sub-limit RM300.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme under its RM1.0 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme. The rating withdrawal follows the expiry of the ICP Programme as confirmed by the facility agent on April 30, 2024. Our analytical coverage on UEM Edgenta is now limited to its Islamic Medium-Term N...

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Thursday, Apr 25, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its rating on port operator Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd’s (PTP) RM2.15 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Murabahah Programme) at AAIS. The rating outlook is stable. The rating affirmation is driven by PTP’s strong position as the operator of a key container transhipment port in the region that has benefitted from continued investments and the experti...

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Friday, Apr 19, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AAIS rating on Kimanis Power Sdn Bhd’s (KPSB) outstanding RM400.0 million Sukuk Programme with a stable outlook. KPSB owns a 285MW combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Kimanis Bay, Sabah. The rating continues to be underpinned by KPSB’s 21-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB), which effectively mitigates demand risk and...

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Thursday, Apr 18, 2024
MARC Ratings has assigned a preliminary MARC-1IS rating to OCK Group Berhad’s (OCK) proposed RM500.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme. The rating agency has concurrently affirmed its AA-IS/Stable rating on OCK’s RM400.0 million Tranche 1 Sukuk Murabahah under its RM700 million Sukuk Murabahah Programme. As at end-February 2024, the outstanding amount under the Sukuk Murabahah ...

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