Rating action     MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on Putrajaya Bina Sdn Bhd’s (PBSB) RM1.58 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Wakalah) Programme. The rating outlook is stable.Rationale         The affirmed rating is mainly driven by the steady and sizable payment stream in the form of availability charges (AC) from the Malaysian government, ...

Rating action     MARC has assigned a rating of AIS to Tropicana Corporation Berhad’s (Tropicana) RM2.0 billion existing Perpetual Sukuk programme with a stable outlook. The Perpetual Sukuk is rated one notch lower than Tropicana’s corporate credit rating of A+/stable to reflect its features and is in line with MARC’s methodology on subordinated instruments. No equity credit h...

Rating action     MARC has assigned a final rating of AAIS to S P Setia Berhad’s (S P Setia) proposed RM3.0 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme. The rating outlook is stable. Proceeds from the proposed issuance will largely be used to fund capital injections into the group’s joint-venture Battersea Power Station, United Kingdom (Battersea Project) and to refinance earlie...

Rating action     MARC has affirmed its rating of AAA on Inverfin Sdn Bhd’s Tranche A notes under its maximum limit of RM160 million of the Medium-Term Notes (MTN) programme. The rating outlook has been revised to negative from stable.Rationale     The affirmed rating reflects the acceptable loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of Tranche A notes within the benchmark that MARC...

Rating action    MARC has affirmed its long-term ratings of AAA, AA and A on Kinabalu Capital Sdn Bhd’s Issue 2 Medium-Term Notes (MTN) of RM130 million Class A, RM25 million Class B and RM15 million Class C. Concurrently, the rating agency has also affirmed its rating of MARC-1 on Kinabalu Capital’s Issue 2 of up to RM170 million Commercial Papers (CP). The ratings outlook is s...

Rating action     MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAA, AA and B- on special purpose vehicle Special Coral Sdn Bhd’s RM250.0 million Senior Class A Medium-Term Notes (MTN), RM50.0 million Senior Class B MTN and RM800.0 million Subordinated Class MTN under the existing RM1.1 billion MTN programme. The ratings outlook is stable.Rationale     The affirmed ratings refle...

Rating action     MARC has assigned a rating of AAAIS with a stable outlook on Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd (PJH)’s proposed RM1.0 billion 20-year Sukuk Wakalah Programme. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its existing ratings on PJH’s issuances. The outlook for all ratings is stable.The ratings and outlook are premised on the predictable and sizeable rental income from...

Rating action     MARC has affirmed its A+IS rating on Tropicana Corporation Berhad’s (Tropicana) RM1.5 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme (Sukuk Wakalah) with a stable outlook. As at end-January 2021, the programme has an outstanding sukuk of RM1.2 billion.Rationale     Tropicana’s established position in the domestic property industry and its moderate f...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS /AA-IS ratings on UEM Sunrise Berhad’s two Islamic Commercial Papers and Islamic Medium-Term Notes programmes (ICP/IMTN-1 and ICP/IMTN-2) with a stable outlook. Each of the ICP/IMTN programmes has a limit of RM2.0 billion with a sublimit of RM500.0 million on the ICP issuances. The affirmed rating is driven by UEM Sunrise’s healthy track record as a property...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Berjaya Land Berhad’s (BLand) RM500.0 million Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme guaranteed by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) at AAA(fg) and RM150.0 million MTN Programme guaranteed by OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Malaysia) at AAA(bg). The ratings outlook is stable. The affirmed ratings reflect the unconditional and irrevocable guarantees provided by D...