MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of A/MARC-1 on Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) and concurrently affirmed the AIS rating on the Islamic Senior Notes Programme (Senior Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The rating on Bank Muamalat’s Senior Sukuk issuance is equalised to its FI rating based on the seniority of the su...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AAA on Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin). Concurrently, the rating agency has assigned long-term/short-term counterparty credit ratings of AAA/MARC-1 to Danajamin. The ratings carry a stable outlook. The ratings on Danajamin reflect its status as a government-sponsored and -owned financial guarantee insurer (FGI) that was set up...

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 (sub-debt programme). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The one-notch rating differential between CIMB Group’s long-term cor...

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 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 Malayan Banking Berhad’s (Maybank) financial institution and RM10.0 billion Senior Medium-Term Note (MTN) programme ratings at AAA/MARC-1 and AAA respectively. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings incorporate Maybank’s very strong market position as the largest domestic bank underpinned by a well-established banking franchise as well as its strong capitalisation...

MARC has affirmed the long-term and short-term financial institution ratings of AA-/MARC-1 on KAF Investment Bank Berhad (KAF Investment). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings are mainly driven by the investment bank’s strong capital position, healthy liquidity levels and prudent investment policy. The ratings are moderated by KAF Investment’s susceptibility to domestic capital m...

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 rating of Maybank Islamic is equalised with the rating of its parent Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) on the basis of the former’s significance as Maybank’s Islamic banking arm and its contribution to gro...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1/AA ratings on Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad's (HLFG) RM1.8 billion Commercial Paper and Medium-Term Notes (CP/MTN) programme with a stable outlook. HLFG is a non-operating financial holding company where its 64.4%-owned Hong Leong Bank Bhd (HLB) continued to account for a significant portion of the group’s consolidated total assets and profitability. HLFG’s ra...