MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAA on The Export-Import Bank of Korea’s (KEXIM) RM1.0 billion Medium-Term Notes (MTN) programme and AAA/AAAIS on KEXIM’s Conventional and/or Islamic MTN programmes with a combined nominal value of RM3.0 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings are based on the national rating scale. The ratings on KEXIM are equalised to MARC’s foreign...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of A and BBB on special purpose vehicle RCE Advance Sdn Bhd’s (RCEA) outstanding RM5 million Class B and RM10 million Class C notes under the RM420 million Fixed Rate Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme respectively. The outlook on the ratings is stable. There is currently no outstanding Class A notes under the programme upon the repayment of RM5 million on November ...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term financial institution ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Hong Kong-based The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The affirmed ratings reflect the bank’s capacity to meet its financial obligations on the Malaysian national rating scale. The ratings incorporate MARC’s expectations of systemic support being extended to ...

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 ratings affirmation is driven by CGIF’s strong leverage and liquidity position, supported by sound policy guidelines and a strong governance structure put in place by its...

MARC has affirmed national mortgage corporation Cagamas Berhad’s (Cagamas) bonds and sukuk issues ratings as follows: Conventional and Islamic Commercial Paper (CP/ICP) Programmes with an aggregate combined limit of RM20.0 billion at MARC-1/ MARC-1IS respectively; Conventional and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (MTN/IMTN) Programmes of up to RM40.0 billion at AAA/ AAAIS respectively; and ...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of A / MARC-1 on Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) and concurrently affirmed the AIS rating on the Islamic Senior Notes Programme (Senior Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The rating on Bank Muamalat’s Senior Sukuk issuance is equalised to its FI rating based on the seniority of the ...

MARC has affirmed CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad’s (CIMB Islamic) financial institution (FI) rating at AAA / MARC-1. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its rating of AA+IS on CIMB Islamic’s RM5.0 billion Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Junior Sukuk programme and RM2.0 billion Tier 2 Junior Sukuk programme. The one-notch rating differential between the two ratings reflects the subordination of ...

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

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings on CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB Bank) at AAA / MARC-1 with a stable outlook. Concurrently, it has 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 rating by one or two notches based on their relative loss severity risk profiles. The full list i...

MARC has affirmed Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad's (KFH Malaysia) long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1. The outlook on the ratings is stable. KFH Malaysia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House K.S.C. (KFH) on which MARC maintains FI ratings of AAA/MARC-1/stable based on publicly available information. KFH Malaysia’s FI rating of A...