MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term counterparty credit ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF) with a stable outlook. The ratings are based on Malaysia’s national rating scale. The affirmed ratings reflect CGIF’s strong capital and liquidity positions which are underpinned by sound policy guidelines and a strong governance structure. Manila-b...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on TSH Sukuk Ijarah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Sukuk Ijarah) RM300.0 million Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme. The outlook is stable. TSH Sukuk Ijarah is one of three special purpose funding vehicles set up by its parent, TSH Resources Berhad (TSH), to fund TSH’s crude palm oil (CPO) operations. The others are TSH Sukuk Musyarakah Sdn Bhd and TSH Sukuk Mura...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS /AA-IS on TSH Sukuk Murabahah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Sukuk Murabahah) RM50.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) and RM150.0 million Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programmes. The outlook is stable. TSH Sukuk Murabahah is one of three special purpose funding vehicles set up by its parent, TSH Resources Berhad (TSH), to fund TSH’s crude palm oil (CPO) op...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS(fg) on special-purpose vehicle TSH Sukuk Musyarakah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Sukuk Musyarakah) RM100.0 million Guaranteed Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme. The outlook is stable. TSH Sukuk Musyarakah is one of three special purpose funding vehicles set up by its parent, TSH Resources Berhad (TSH), to fund TSH’s crude palm oil (CPO) operations. The others ...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS and A- ratings on Konsortium Lebuhraya Utara-Timur (KL) Sdn Bhd’s (Kesturi) RM2.3 billion Sukuk Musharakah (Senior Sukuk) and RM180 million Redeemable Secured Junior Bonds (Junior Bonds) respectively with a stable outlook. The three-notch rating differential between the Senior Sukuk and Junior Bonds reflects the latter’s subordination to the Senior Sukuk in regard ...

MARC has assigned a rating of AA- to Segi Astana Sdn Bhd’s (Segi Astana) proposed 10-year ASEAN Green Medium-Term Notes facility (MTN facility) of up to RM415.0 million with a stable outlook. Concurrently, MARC has affirmed its rating of AAA(fg) with a stable outlook on Segi Astana's existing RM470.0 million Medium-Term Notes programme guaranteed by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin). The gu...

MARC has assigned a final rating of AAAIS to CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad’s (CIMB Islamic) proposed RM10.0 billion senior Sukuk Wakalah Programme (Sukuk Wakalah). The rating outlook is stable. The rating on the Sukuk Wakalah reflects its seniority and is equalised to CIMB Islamic’s financial institution (FI) ratings which MARC has recently affirmed at AAA/MARC-1/Stable. The Sukuk Wakalah will pro...

MARC has affirmed its long-term ratings of AAA, AA and A on Kinabalu Capital Sdn Bhd’s (Kinabalu Capital) issue of RM220 million Class A, RM40 million Class B and RM20 million Class C medium-term notes (MTN) respectively. The rating agency also affirmed its MARC-1 rating on Kinabalu Capital’s issue of up to RM280 million commercial papers (CP). The outlook on all ratings is stable. As of...

MARC has affirmed its AAA financial institution rating on Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC) with a stable outlook. As a development financial institution (DFI), CGC plays a public policy role to facilitate access to financing for SMEs by providing credit guarantees on loans extended by financial institutions. It is majority-owned by Bank Negara Malaysia. MARC considers these...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Alpha Circle Sdn Bhd’s (Alpha Circle) RM540 million Senior Sukuk Musharakah (Senior Sukuk) and RM55 million Junior Sukuk Musharakah (Junior Sukuk) at AA-IS and AIS respectively. The two-notch rating differential reflects the subordination of the Junior Sukuk to the Senior Sukuk in terms of payment and security. The rating outlook has been revised from stable to ...