MARC has affirmed its AAAID rating on Gas District Cooling (Putrajaya) Sdn Bhd’s (GDC Putrajaya) RM300 million Al-Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDS) with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating incorporates the continued support extended by parent Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd (PJH) and ultimate holding company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) to GDC Putrajaya to meet its finan...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Malakoff Power Berhad’s (MPower) RM5.38 billion Sukuk Murabahah. The outlook on the rating is stable. MPower undertakes the operations and maintenance (O&M) of several independent power producers (IPP) of its parent, Malakoff Corporation Berhad (Malakoff), an investment holding company with 7,249.4 megawatts (MW) of gross power generating capacity in Ma...

MARC has assigned ratings of MARC-1IS and AA-IS to port operator Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (NMB) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme respectively (collectively known as Sukuk Musharakah Programmes) with a joint limit of up to RM1.5 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings incorporate NMB’s strategic importance as o...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS  /AAAIS on PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad’s (PDB) Islamic Commercial Papers and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programme of up to RM2.0 billion. The outlook on the rating is stable. The affirmed ratings are equalised to the AAA/MARC-1/Stable ratings of PDB’s parent, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) based on available public information. MARCâ...

MARC has affirmed its AAAID(S) rating on Kuching Port Authority’s (KPA) RM180.0 million Al-Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDS) with a stable outlook. The rating and outlook are aligned to MARC’s public information rating on the Sarawak State Government (SSG) on the basis of KPA’s status as a state-owned statutory body and state support provided on the BaIDS....

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1(fg)/AAA(fg) on Riverson Corporation Sdn Bhd’s (Riverson) RM200 million CP/MTN facility with a stable outlook. The affirmed ratings and outlook are based on the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) which carries MARC’s financial strength rating of AAA/stable. Riverson’s standalone cred...

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. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The affirmed ratings take into consideration the satisfactory traffic performance of Kesturi’s 18-kilometre (km) Duta-Ul...

MARC has affirmed the ratings of DHTI Capital Sdn Bhd’s (DHTI Capital) RM110.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP)/Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) (Senior Notes) facility and RM10.0 million Junior IMTNs (Junior Notes) facility at MARC-1ID /AAID and A+ID respectively. The outlook on the ratings is negative. The affirmed ratings are premised on the credit quality of the assigned lease re...

MARC has assigned a rating of AA-IS to Jimah East Power Sdn Bhd’s (JEP) Sukuk Murabahah Programme of up to RM8.4 billion. The outlook on the rating is stable. JEP is a 70:30 joint venture between Pelita Merpati Sdn Bhd (PMSB) and 3B Power Sdn Bhd (3B Power) that was set up to finance and develop a greenfield 2x1,000MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant (Project 3B or project power plant...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS(fg) rating on investment holding company Senari Synergy Sdn Bhd’s (Senari Synergy) RM380 million Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating and outlook reflect the credit strength of an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee on the IMTN obligations provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) which carries a financ...