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Thursday, Jun 08, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its financial institution (FI) rating of AAA on Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank). Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS /MARC-1IS on the bank’s Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM3.0 billion and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme of up to RM1.0 billion with a combined aggregate limi...

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Wednesday, Jun 08, 2022
MARC Ratings has affirmed its financial institution (FI) rating of AAA on Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank). Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS/MARC-1IS on the bank’s Islamic Medium Term-Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM3.0 billion and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme of up to RM1.0 billion with a combined aggregate limit...

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Friday, Jul 16, 2021
MARC has assigned final ratings of AAAIS/MARC-1IS to Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad’s (SME Bank) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTNs) Programme of up to RM3.0 billion (which include Sustainability IMTNs) and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICPs) Programme of up to RM1.0 billion with a combined limit in nominal value of up to RM3.0 billion. The ratings outlook is stable.The rati...

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Wednesday, Jun 23, 2021
MARC has assigned preliminary ratings of AAAIS/MARC-1IS on Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad’s (SME Bank) proposed Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTNs) Programme of up to RM3.0 billion (which shall include Sustainability IMTNs) and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICPs) Programme of up to RM1.0 billion, with a combined limit in nominal value of up to RM3.0 billion. Concurrently, t...

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Wednesday, Jun 23, 2021
MARC has assigned a “Gold” Sustainability Sukuk Assessment to the Sustainability Sukuk Framework (SSF) of Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank). The SSF sets out the guidelines for SME Bank’s Sustainability Sukuk issuances under its proposed Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTNs) programme of up to RM3.0 billion and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICPs) programme of up to...

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Tuesday, Oct 20, 2020
MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) rating of AAA on Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank). The rating outlook is stable.The affirmed FI rating is premised on SME Bank’s status as a wholly government-owned development financial institution (DFI) with a mandate to develop small and medium enterprise (SME) in the country. Held through the M...

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Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019
MARC has assigned a financial institution (FI) rating of AAA to Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank) with a stable outlook. The AAA rating primarily reflects SME Bank’s status as a development financial institution (DFI) that has received support from the government for its mandated role to assist in the growth of small and medium e...

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