MARC has affirmed its MARC-1ID/A+ID ratings on Weida (M) Bhd’s (Weida) RM100 Million Murabahah Underwritten Notes Issuance/Islamic Medium Term Notes Facility (MUNIF/IMTN) with a stable outlook. The affirmed ratings reflect its leading domestic market position in polyethylene engineering products, strong niche positions in water, wastewater and telecommunication infrastructure in East Malaysi...

MARC has affirmed Boon Koon Group Berhad’s (BKGB) RM100 million Islamic Commercial Papers/Islamic Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) ratings at MARC-3ID/BBB-ID and concurrently revised the outlook to stable from negative. The affirmed ratings reflect BKGB’s improving business risk profile stemming from recent regulatory developments in the rebuilt commercial vehicle industry, as well as busi...

MARC has affirmed its AAA issuer rating on Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC). The rating is underpinned by the high likelihood of government support, in view of CGC’s public policy role in providing credit access to small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME) and the majority shareholding by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). The rating also takes into account the corporation’s ...

MARC has affirmed the ratings of ABS Logistics Berhad’s (ALB) Senior Sukuk comprising RM100 million of Class A, RM20 million of Class B and RM40 million of Class C Sukuk at AAAIS, AAIS and AAAIS(bg), respectively. The outlook on the ratings is stable. ALB is a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle incorporated to facilitate the issuance of the Sukuk and the sale and leaseback of industri...

MARC has assigned a rating of AAAIS to TTM Sukuk Berhad’s (TTM SPV) RM600.0 million Sukuk Murabahah. The rating outlook is stable.The transaction structure involves TTM SPV as a funding vehicle issuing 5- to 15-year Sukuk, the proceeds of which will be loaned to parent Trans Thai-Malaysia (Thailand) Ltd (TTMT). TTM SPV is a special purpose entity set up for the sole purpose of issuing the Su...

MARC has assigned a financial institution rating of AAA to The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA). The rating reflects MARC's assessment of the bank's capacity to meet its financial obligations on the Malaysian national rating scale. The outlook on the rating is stable.The rating incorporates BEA's established banking franchise in Hong Kong and mainland China, its very strong asset quality metrics, ...

MARC has assigned a rating of AAA(bg) to Boustead Holdings Berhad's (Boustead Holdings, or the holding company) RM1.0 billion Bank Guaranteed Medium Term Notes (BG MTN) Programme. The outlook on the rating is stable.The rating reflects external credit enhancement for the notes that will be provided by financial institutions with a current rating of AAA/Stable from MARC. Any subsequent rating actio...

MARC has affirmed its AAID long-term rating on MTD InfraPerdana Bhd’s (MTD InfraPerdana) RM700.0 million Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) programme. The rating outlook is stable. MTD InfraPerdana, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTD Capital Berhad (MTD Capital), is an infrastructure holding company which holds interests in four toll road concessions in Malaysia and one in the Philippines. Throu...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AA-IS and MARC-1ID /AA-ID on Alam Maritim Resources Berhad’s (Alam Maritim) RM500 million Sukuk Ijarah Medium Term Notes and RM100 million Murabahah Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes facilities, respectively. Alam Maritim’s ratings are supported by the company’s established market position in the domestic offshore support vessel (OSV) market, it...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS and AA+IS ratings on Tradewinds Plantation Capital Sdn Bhd’s (Tradewinds Capital) asset-backed RM180 million Class A and RM30  million  Class  B Sukuk  Ijarah respectively, with a stable outlook. Wholly-owned by Tradewinds Plantation Berhad (Tradewinds), Tradewinds Capital is a special purpose vehicle established to act as issuer of the notes a...