MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS on special purpose vehicle Aman Sukuk Berhad’s (Aman) Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) programme of up to RM10.0 billion with a stable outlook. The rating affirmation reflects the credit of the Government of Malaysia (GoM) as the single obligor and sublessee which will make contractual sublease rental payments under irrevocable sublease agreements betwee...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Horizon Hills Development Sdn Bhd’s (Horizon Hills) Islamic Bank Guaranteed Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) programme of up to RM200 million and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme of up to RM70 million at AAAID(bg) and MARC-1ID(s) respectively. The IMTN programme is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Public Bank Berhad. The AAA rating on the IMTN p...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating with a stable outlook on Diversified Venue Sdn Bhd’s (DVSB) RM200 million Sukuk Al-Ijarah Master Programme. The rating affirmation is premised on the credit strength of UEM Group Berhad (UEM) which provides liquidity support to the sale-and-leaseback transaction undertaken by DVSB and First Impact Sdn Bhd (FISB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of UEM. In addition...

MARC has affirmed its AAAID /MARC-1ID and AAAIS ratings on Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd’s (PJH) Islamic debt issuances as follows:- RM570 million Bai Bithaman Ajil (BBA) Bonds Issuance Facility (due 2013) RM850 million BBA Bonds Issuance Facility (due 2013) RM850 million BBA Serial Bonds Issuance Facility (due 2015) RM1.5 billion Murabahah Notes Issuance (MUNIF) Facility (due 2015)RM2.2 billio...

MARC has assigned a rating of AAA(fg) to Segi Astana Sdn Bhd's (Segi Astana) RM470.0 million proposed guaranteed medium term notes (MTN) programme with a stable outlook.The rating is based on the full, unconditional and irrevocable guarantee provided by AAA rated financial guarantee insurer (FGI) Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) and reflects the FGI's strong capital position and claims-paying...

MARC has affirmed the short-term and long-term ratings of MRCB Sentral Properties Sdn Bhd’s (MRCB Sentral) RM400 million Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (CP/MTN) Programme at MARC-1(fg)/AAA(fg) with a stable outlook. The rating action affects RM400 million of outstanding notes issued under the programme. The affirmed ratings and outlook are underpinned by an unconditional and irrevocable...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1/AAA rating of Inverfin Sdn Bhd’s (Inverfin) RM160.0 million Class A Notes issued under its RM200.0 million commercial papers/medium term notes (CP/MTN) programme. The programme allows for the issuance of junior Class B notes which would carry a rating of MARC-1/AA. However, Inverfin currently has no outstanding Class B notes issued under this programme. The ratin...

MARC has lowered its ratings on Ample Zone Berhad’s (Ample Zone) RM9.65 million Class B Sukuk Ijarah (sukuk) and RM75 million Class C sukuk to BB+IS and B-IS from A-IS and B+IS respectively. The outlook on the ratings remains negative. The downgrades reflect a heightened risk that upcoming payment obligations in January 2012 will be missed, based on the unsatisfactory progress to date in col...

MARC affirmed its short-term and long-term ratings on LBS Bina Group Bhd’s (LBS Bina) RM135 million Islamic Commercial Papers/Islamic Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programme at MARC-1IS(fg) /AAAIS(fg) and maintained its stable outlook on the ratings. The rating action affects RM115 million of notes issued under the programme. The ratings and outlook are underpinned by an unconditional and irr...

MARC has affirmed its AAA(bg) and MARC-1(bg) ratings on Mega Palm Sdn Bhd’s (Mega Palm) Bank Guaranteed Medium Term Notes (BG MTN) of up to RM70.0 million and Bank Guaranteed Commercial Papers (BG CP) of up to RM80.0 million respectively. The outlook for the ratings is stable. The rating action affects outstanding BG MTN of RM10.0 million and BG CP of RM46.8 million. The affirmed ratings and...