MARC has withdrawn its AAA(bg) rating on Boustead Holdings Berhad’s RM1.0 billion Bank-Guaranteed Medium-Term Notes Programme. The rating withdrawal follows the full redemption and expiry of the programme as confirmed by the facility agent. Upon the rating withdrawal, MARC will no longer be providing analytical coverage on the issuer. Contacts: Saifuruddin Othman, +603-2717 2945/ saifu...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of A+IS and A-IS on DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-HICOM) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM1.8 billion and Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion respectively. The outlook on the ratings is maintained at stable. The affirmed ratings reflect the improving credit profile of DRB-HICOM following a 49.9% dilutio...

MARC has assigned a preliminary rating of AA-IS to SAJ Capital Sdn Bhd’s (SAJ Capital) proposed Sukuk Murabahah of up to RM650 million for up to 12 years. The outlook on the rating is stable. SAJ Capital is wholly owned by Ranhill Capital Sdn Bhd (RCSB), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia-listed Ranhill Holdings Berhad (Ranhill). RCSB holds an 80% interest in SAJ Ranhil...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS(bg) and AAAIS(fg) on Ranhill Capital Sdn Bhd’s (RCSB) RM300 million bank-guaranteed (Tranche 1) and RM500 million Danajamin-guaranteed (Tranche 2) Sukuk Musharakah facilities respectively. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings on Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 reflect the credit strength of Maybank Islamic Berhad (Maybank Islamic) (AAA/Stable) and Dan...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Hong Kong-based The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The affirmed ratings reflect the bank’s capacity to meet its financial obligations on the Malaysian national rating scale. The ratings incorporate BEA’s well-established banking franchise in Hong Kon...

MARC has affirmed South Korea’s foreign currency sovereign rating of AAA with a stable outlook based on the rating agency’s national rating scale. The rating reflects MARC’s opinion of the sovereign’s ability to meet its foreign currency obligations in full and on time, without respect to specific securities or payment obligations. The rating also serves as a country ceiling for ringgit-d...

MARC has assigned a final rating of AAIS to Fortune Premiere Sdn Bhd’s (Fortune Premiere) RM3.0 billion Multi-Currency Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme (Sukuk Murabahah). The outlook on the rating is stable. The assigned rating applies only to ringgit-denominated notes issued under the multi-currency sukuk. Upon review of the final documentation of the issuance, MARC is satisfied that 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. The affirmed ratings are based on MARC’s assessment on the probability of parental support from Kuwait Finance House KSC (KFH) to its wholly-owned subsidiary KFH Malaysia which is deemed as high. According...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating on ANIH Berhad's (ANIH) RM2.5 billion Senior Sukuk Musharakah Programme with a stable outlook. ANIH is the concessionaire of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KL-Karak) and Phase 1 of East Coast Expressway (ECE1) until 2032 as well as Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway (KL-Seremban) until 2018. The rating considers the stable traffic performance on ANIH’s concessi...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1/AA- ratings on Sunway Berhad’s (Sunway) RM2.0 billion seven-year (2013-2020) Commercial Papers/Medium-Term Notes (CP/MTN) programme respectively. Concurrently, the rating agency affirmed its MARC-1IS(cg) /AA-IS(cg) ratings on Sunway Treasury Sukuk Sdn Bhd’s RM2.0 billion seven-year (2015-2022) Islamic Commercial Papers/Islamic Medium-Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) programm...