MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Grand Sepadu (NK) Sdn Bhd’s (Grand Sepadu) Sukuk Murabahah issuance of RM210.0 million. The rating outlook remains negative. The affirmed rating incorporates Grand Sepadu’s adequate cash flow coverage, its moderately leveraged capital structure and the improving traffic on New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB). The negative outlook highlights the co...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS and AA+IS on Danajamin Nasional Berhad’s (Danajamin) Senior and Subordinated Sukuk Murabahah of up to RM2.0 billion under its Sukuk Murabahah programme. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed the insurer financial strength rating of AAA and counterparty credit ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Danajamin. The outlook on all ratings is stable. The one-notch rat...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Concurrently, the rating agency affirmed its rating of AAAIS on the Sukuk Wakalah programme of up to RM400 million issued by Tadamun Services Berhad, a trust established by IsDB. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The affirmed FI ratings reflect IsDB’s strong capitalisation, healt...

MARC has affirmed its BBB-IS rating on Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad’s (SDEB) RM1.89 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Restructured Sukuk) Programme with a stable outlook. SDEB is the concessionaire of the 77-km tolled inter-urban Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE) in Johor which links the towns of Senai and Desaru with a connecting highway to Pasir Gudang. The rating incorporates SDEB’s ac...

MARC has affirmed its AA+IS rating on Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd’s (KEV) RM2.0 billion Sukuk Ijarah with a stable outlook. KEV is a 60.0%-owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) (AAA/Stable). KEV owns and operates Kapar Power Station which has four generating facilities with a combined nominal capacity of 2,420MW. The power plant has continued to face operational challenges du...

MARC has assigned a rating of AA-IS to Konsortium KAJV Sdn Bhd’s (KAJV) RM1.0 billion Sukuk Wakalah Programme with a stable outlook. The assigned rating reflects the credit strength of the Terengganu government to meet the unconditional and irrevocable payment obligations on the Facility Payment Certificates (FPC) issued for work done for the Kuala Terengganu Utara (KTU) water supply project. M...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AA-IS and A- on toll concessionaire MEX II Sdn Bhd’s (MEX II) RM1.3 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme (Sukuk Murabahah) and RM150 million Junior Bonds issuance (Junior Bonds). The three-notch rating differential between the Sukuk Murabahah and Junior Bonds reflects the latter’s subordinated pos...

MARC has affirmed its AA+IS rating on Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s (Westports) RM2.0 billion Sukuk Musharakah Programme with a stable outlook. Westports’ outstanding amount under the sukuk programme stood at RM1.5 billion as at June 25, 2019. Westports’ strong position as a key port operator in the region, its consistently high and stable profit margin as well as strong financial servi...

MARC has maintained its CIS rating on Talam Transform Berhad’s (Talam) outstanding RM45.6 million Settlement Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (Settlement BaIDs) as at June 27, 2019. The rating action considered the extension of the maturity date of the Settlement BaIDs by 18 months to December 28, 2020 from June 28, 2019. The distressed restructuring exercise was undertaken as Talam w...

MARC has lowered TSH Sukuk Ijarah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Ijarah) RM300.0 million Sukuk Ijarah Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Ijarah IMTN) programme rating of AA-IS to A+IS. The rating outlook is stable. TSH Ijarah is one of two special purpose funding vehicles set up by its parent, TSH Resources Berhad (TSH). The other funding vehicle is TSH Sukuk Murabahah Sdn Bhd (TSH Murabahah), which has RM50.0 mill...