MARC has withdrawn its insurer financial strength rating of AA-/stable on Luxembourg-based FWU Life Insurance Lux S.A. (FWU Life) upon a request made by the insurance company. With the withdrawal, MARC will no longer provide analytical coverage on FWU Life. Contacts: Joan Leong, +603-2717 2934/ joan@marc.com.my; Sharidan Salleh, +603-2717 2954/ sharidan@marc.com.my. ...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS 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 rating affirmation factors in a three-notch rating uplift for parental support from Putrajaya Holdings Berhad (PJH) on which MARC maintains a long-term credit rating of AAA/stable. The support asses...

MARC has affirmed Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China’s (Hong Kong) foreign currency sovereign rating of AAA with a stable outlook based on its national rating scale. The rating and outlook reflect Hong Kong’s resilient and competitive economy, as well as strong fiscal and external positions. Its sovereign credit strengths are, however, tempered by property market risk and exposu...

MARC has affirmed its AAA(fg) rating on TRIplc Ventures Sdn Bhd’s (TVSB) RM240 million Senior Medium-Term Notes (Senior MTN) Programme with a stable outlook. As at October 12, 2017, the total outstanding notes under the rated programme stood at RM200 million. The rating reflects the credit strength of an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) o...

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. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The one-notch rating differential between CIMB Group’s long-term corporate credit rating and it...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (CIMB Islamic). Concurrently, MARC 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 is in accordance...

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

MARC has assigned its rating of A+IS(s) to Projek Lintasan Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Sdn Bhd’s (PLSUKE) Sukuk Wakalah Programme (Sukuk Wakalah) of up to RM2.0 billion. Concurrently, MARC has also assigned its rating of AAAIS(fg) to PLSUKE’s Danajamin-Guaranteed Facilities (Danajamin-Guaranteed Sukuk) of up to RM500.0 million. The outlook on both ratings is stable. PLSUKE is wholly owned by P...

MARC has affirmed Maybank Islamic Berhad’s (Maybank Islamic) long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA and MARC-1 respectively with a stable outlook. The long-term FI rating of Maybank Islamic has been equalised to that of its parent Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) based on the former’s significance as the Islamic banking arm of Maybank group, underpinned by sha...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA- on Central Impression Sdn Bhd’s (CISB) 11-year Fixed Rate Serial Bonds of RM120.0 million. The rating carries a stable outlook. CISB is the owner of the AEON Klebang shopping mall in Ipoh. The affirmed rating reflects the credit strength of AEON Co (M) Berhad (AEON), which, as the principal lessee of the AEON Klebang shopping mall, is making fixed lease ...