MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Sinar Kamiri Sdn Bhd’s Green SRI Sukuk Wakalah of up to RM245.0 million. The outlook on the rating is stable. Sinar Kamiri is undertaking the development of a greenfield solar power generation facility with a capacity of 49.0MWac in Sungai Siput, Perak. The rating primarily reflects Sinar Kamiri’s healthy project fundamentals that are underpinned by ...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on WCT Holdings Berhad’s RM1.0 billion Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme and RM1.5 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme at AA- and AA-IS. The ratings outlook has been revised to negative from stable. The outlook revision considered the slower-than-expected progress to reduce WCT Holdings’ elevated leverage position which is unlikely to be addressed meaningful...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of A+IS and A-IS on DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-HICOM) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM1.8 billion and Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion respectively. The two-notch rating differential between the Perpetual Sukuk and the IMTN is in line with MARC’s notching principles on hybrid securities. The rati...

MARC has assigned a rating of AAAIS(fg) to Malaysia Steel Works (KL) Bhd’s (Masteel) RM130.0 million Sukuk Ijarah Programme with a stable outlook. The assigned rating and outlook are based on the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee insurance provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) on which MARC has an insurer financial strength rating of AAA/stable and long-term counterp...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings on CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB Bank) at AAA / MARC-1 with a stable outlook. Concurrently, MARC has also affirmed its corporate debt ratings on CIMB Bank’s existing subordinated debt and hybrid securities, which have been notched down from the bank’s FI ratings based on their relative loss severity risk profiles. The full list of issue rating...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (CIMB Islamic). The FI ratings on CIMB Islamic are equalised to that of its parent CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB Bank) (rated AAA/Stable), given the bank’s strategic importance as the latter’s Islamic banking arm, their shared branding and close operational integration. Concurrently, MARC has also affi...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term corporate credit ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMB Group) and its issue rating of AA on the group’s RM10.0 billion Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinated Debt Programme. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The one-notch rating differential between CIMB Group’s long-term corporate credit rating and its sub-debt programme...

MARC has affirmed Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad's (KFH Malaysia) long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 with a stable outlook. The FI ratings are based on Malaysia’s national rating scale. KFH Malaysia’s long-term FI rating has been notched down from its parent Kuwait Finance House KSC’s (KFH) long-term FI rating of AAA, premised on MARC’s ...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of A/MARC-1 on Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) and its AIS rating on the bank’s Islamic Senior Notes programme (Senior Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion. The rating on Bank Muamalat’s Senior Sukuk programme is equalised to its long-term FI rating based on the seniority of the sukuk. The outlook on the ratings is stable. T...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Berjaya Land Berhad’s (BLand) outstanding RM500.0 million Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme guaranteed by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) at AAA(fg) and RM150.0 million MTN Programme guaranteed by OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Malaysia) at AAA(bg). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The affirmed ratings reflect the unconditional and irrevocable...