MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TNB Western Energy Berhad’s Sukuk of up to RM4.0 billion with a stable outlook. TNB Western Energy is the funding vehicle of parent TNB Manjung Five Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TNB. The rating and outlook are equalised with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s (TNB) corporate credit rating of AAA/stable on the basis of the rolling guarantee and c...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAIS on Fortune Premiere Sdn Bhd’s RM3.0 billion Multi-Currency Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme (Sukuk Murabahah). The rating outlook is stable. The rating applies only to ringgit-denominated notes issued under the multi-currency sukuk. Fortune Premiere is a wholly-owned funding vehicle of IOI Properties Group Berhad (IOI Properties) which has provided a...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating on ANIH Berhad's RM2.5 billion Senior Sukuk Musharakah Programme. Concurrently, the rating outlook has been revised to stable from negative. ANIH is the concessionaire of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KL-Karak) and Phase 1 of East Coast Expressway (ECE1) until 2032. Its toll concession for Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway (KL-Seremban) ended on May 31, 2018. Th...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Malakoff Power Berhad’s (MPower) RM5.4 billion Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. MPower is the operations and maintenance (O&M) operator of its parent company Malakoff Corporation Berhad’s (Malakoff) majority-owned domestic power plants. The rating reflects the consolidated credit profile of MPower and Malakoff in light of the strong operati...

MARC has affirmed its AAA(fg) rating on TRIplc Ventures Sdn Bhd’s (TVSB) RM240.0 million Senior Medium-Term Notes (Senior MTN) Programme with a stable outlook. As at January 30, 2019, the total outstanding notes under the rated programme stood at RM180.0 million. The rating reflects the credit strength of an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajami...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TTM Sukuk Berhad’s (TTM SPV) RM600.0 million Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. The outstanding sukuk amounted to RM400 million as at end-December 2018. The affirmed rating reflects MARC’s assessment of a very high likelihood of support from project sponsors, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and PTT Public Company Ltd (PTT), based on their st...

MARC has downgraded Quantum Solar Park (Semenanjung) Sdn Bhd’s (QSP Semenanjung) RM1.0 billion Green SRI Sukuk rating to A+IS from AA-IS/Negative and concurrently placed the rating on MARCWatch Negative. The rating action reflects the heightened risk of termination of solar power purchase agreements (SPPAs) related to QSP Semenanjung’s Merchang and Jasin solar power plant projects follo...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on MMC Corporation Berhad’s (MMC) RM2.5 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme with a stable outlook. The rating reflects MMC’s longstanding track record and strong market position in key sectors of the domestic economy namely ports, engineering and utilities. Its ports and utilities divisions which are underpinned by long-term concessions, and its engineer...

MARC has affirmed its AA- rating on Segi Astana Sdn Bhd’s RM415.0 million ASEAN Green Medium-Term Notes facility (MTN facility). The rating outlook has been revised to negative from stable. The revised outlook mirrors that of its parent WCT Holdings Berhad (AA-/negative) which has provided a cash deficiency support undertaking that was the basis of a one-notch rating uplift from Segi Astana’s ...

MARC has affirmed its long-term ratings of AAA, AA and A on Kinabalu Capital Sdn Bhd’s (Kinabalu Capital) Issue 1 of RM220 million Class A, RM40 million Class B and RM20 million Class C medium-term notes (MTN). The rating agency also affirmed its MARC-1 rating on the commercial papers (CP) of up to RM280 million under the issuance. The aggregate outstanding nominal value of Issue 1 under both t...