MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on SAJ Capital Sdn Bhd’s (SAJ Capital) Sukuk Murabahah of up to RM650.0 million for up to 12 years. The outlook on the rating is stable. The rating on SAJ Capital is equated with that of its sister company Ranhill SAJ Sdn Bhd (SAJ) on the basis that the former functions as a single-purpose funding conduit for the sukuk. SAJ Capital and SAJ are held by Ran...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating with a stable outlook on Putrajaya Bina Sdn Bhd’s (PBSB) RM1.58 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Wakalah) Programme. PBSB is developing nine blocks of government office buildings and one block of shared facilities in Parcel F, Precinct 1, Putrajaya under a 28-and-a-half-year concession agreement with the Malaysian government. The RM1.9 billion dev...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Ranhill Powertron II Sdn Bhd’s (RPII) RM190.0 million outstanding Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) and RM350.0 million outstanding guaranteed IMTN at AAIS and AAAIS(fg). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The rating on the guaranteed IMTN reflects the unconditional and irrevocable Kafalah guarantee provided by financial guarantee insurer Danajamin Nasion...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA+IS 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) which owns and operates Kapar Power Station (KPS), the largest domestic multi-fuel thermal power station. KPS has four generating facilities (GF) with a combined nominal capacity of 2,420 megawatts (MW). ...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TNB Northern Energy Berhad's (TNB Northern Energy) outstanding Islamic securities (sukuk) of RM1.535 billion with a stable outlook. The rating and outlook are equalised with those of TNB Northern Energy’s ultimate parent, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) on which MARC currently has a senior unsecured rating of AAA/Stable. The rating equalisation is based on fina...

MARC has downgraded Talam Transform Berhad’s (Talam) RM134.2 million Settlement Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDs) rating to CIS from B-IS. The downgrade reflects the increased uncertainty of Talam’s ability to meet its upcoming final BaIDs payment of RM52.1 million on June 28, 2019. Talam has been undertaking asset disposals, particularly land parcel sales in the Klang Valley...

MARC has affirmed the Republic of Korea’s (South Korea) foreign currency sovereign rating of AAA with a stable outlook based on MARC’s national rating scale. The AAA rating reflects South Korea’s economic resilience, sound fiscal position and strong external position. Its strengths are, however, moderated by its rapidly ageing population and geopolitical risk stemming from North Korea. The...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Kimanis Power Sdn Bhd's (KPSB) RM1,160.0 million Sukuk Programme (sukuk) with a stable outlook. KPSB is the owner of the 285-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas-fired power plant at Kimanis Bay, Sabah. The rating affirmation is underpinned by the favourable terms of KPSB’s 21-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with offtaker Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SES...

MARC has affirmed Sime Darby Plantation Berhad’s (SD Plantation) corporate credit rating at AAA, and accordingly affirmed its Perpetual Subordinated Sukuk Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM3.0 billion at AA IS . The ratings outlook is stable. SD Plantation benefits from a one-notch rating uplift for implicit support from major shareholder Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), a government-linke...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA- on Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s (Sports Toto) RM800.0 million 10-year Medium-Term Notes Programme (MTN-1) and RM800.0 million 15-year Medium-Term Notes Programme (MTN-2). The rating carries a stable outlook. The combined outstanding amount under the programmes, which cannot exceed RM800 million at any time, stood at RM745.0 million as at end-August 2018. ...