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 rating and outlook hinge on the unconditional and irrevocable guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) on the IMTN obligations. Danajamin carries a financial insurer rating...

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 is ...

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 t...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating on toll road concessionaire ANIH Berhad's (ANIH) RM2.5 billion Senior Sukuk Musharakah Programme with a stable outlook. The rating incorporates the stable traffic performance of and sufficient cash flow generation from ANIH’s portfolio of mature toll roads to support its finance service obligations. The rating also benefits from the subordinated and equity-like...

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...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS(fg) on special purpose vehicle TSH Sukuk Musyarakah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Musyarakah) RM100.0 million Guaranteed Islamic Medium-Term Notes programme (Sukuk Musyarakah) with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating and outlook are based on the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee insurance provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) on which MARC ma...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS /AA-IS on special purpose entity TSH Sukuk Murabahah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Murabahah) RM50.0 million Islamic Commercial Paper (ICP) and RM150.0 million Islamic Medium-Term Note (IMTN) programmes. The outlook is stable. The ratings affect the outstanding amount of RM150.0 million as at September 15, 2016 under the rated programmes. TSH Murabahah is a special pu...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on TSH Sukuk Ijarah Sdn Bhd’s (TSH Ijarah) RM300.0 million Sukuk Ijarah Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk IMTN) programme. The outlook is stable. TSH Ijarah is one of three special purpose funding vehicles set up by its parent, TSH Resources Berhad (TSH), to fund TSH’s crude palm oil (CPO) operations. The rating action is premised on TSH’s healthy cash flow gene...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS(fg) on Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd’s (Antara) RM300.0 million Sukuk Mudharabah Programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating and outlook are underpinned by the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) which carries a financial insurer strength rating of AAA/stable from MARC.  Antar...

MARC has today placed WCT Holdings Bhd’s (WCT Holdings) debt and sukuk ratings on MARCWatch Developing. The rating action affects the RM1.0 billion 15-year MTN and RM1.5 billion 15-year Sukuk Murabahah Programmes whose ratings of AA- and AA-IS respectively were affirmed with a negative outlook on October 7, 2015. The MARCWatch Developing placement reflects the potential change in the credi...