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Tuesday, Aug 01, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its rating on Penang Port Sdn Bhd’s (PPSB) Islamic Medium-Term Notes Issuance Programme of up to RM1.0 billion at AA-IS with a stable outlook. The rating affirmation is driven by the strong operational track record and healthy cash flow generation of PPSB, the operator of Penang Port, a key trade gateway port in northern Peninsular Malaysia that handles container a...

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Monday, Jul 31, 2023
MARC Ratings has assigned final ratings of MARC-1IS/AAAIS to PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad’s Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme with a combined limit of up to RM10.0 billion in nominal value. The ratings outlook is stable. The rating agency has reviewed the final documentation for the programmes and is satisfied that the terms and conditions ...

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Monday, Jul 24, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed Grand Sepadu (NK) Sdn Bhd’s RM210.0 million Sukuk Murabahah rating at AA-IS with a stable outlook. The rating affirmation reflects Grand Sepadu’s stable performance, supported by resilient commercial traffic on its mature New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB), improved leverage and coverage ratios driven by stronger revenue and reduced borrowings. However, uncer...

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Thursday, Jul 20, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its ratings on Cagamas Berhad’s bonds and sukuk issuances as follows:MARC-1/MARC-1IS on Conventional and Islamic Commercial Papers (CP/ICP) programmes with a combined aggregate limit of RM20.0 billionAAA/AAAIS on Conventional and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (MTN/IMTN) programmes of up to RM60.0 billionThe ratings outlook is stable. The key rating drivers remain Cagamas’...

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Friday, Jul 14, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Leader Energy Sdn Bhd’s outstanding ASEAN Green Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Sukuk Wakalah of RM245.0 million with a stable outlook. Leader Energy is the investment holding company of two solar power project companies Leader Solar Energy Sdn Bhd (LSE I) and Leader Solar Energy II Sdn Bhd (LSE II), which operate two solar faciliti...

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Friday, Jul 07, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS/Stable rating on Lebuhraya DUKE Fasa 3 Sdn Bhd's (DUKE 3) RM3.64 billion Sukuk Wakalah. DUKE 3 is the concessionaire for the 32-km Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE) under a concession that runs through August 5, 2069. The rating continues to incorporate the adequately structured sukuk repayment profile that accommodates traffic ramp-up on SPE. The sukuk i...

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Friday, Jul 07, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA+IS rating on UMW Holdings Berhad’s (UMW) RM2.0 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme (Sukuk Musharakah) and its AA-IS rating on UMW’s RM2.0 billion Perpetual Sukuk Programme. The two-notch rating differential between the two programmes is in line with MARC Ratings’ methodology on notching principles of subordinated and hybrid instruments. The out...

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Thursday, Jul 06, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its long- and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on China Construction Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (CCBM) with a stable outlook. The long-term FI rating is notched down from the FI rating of its parent, China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) of AAA based on publicly available information. The notching reflects our view that CCBM continues to be...

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Wednesday, Jul 05, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-, AA-IS and AIS ratings on WCT Holdings Berhad’s RM1.0 billion Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme, RM1.5 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme and RM1.0 billion Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme. Concurrently, the rating agency has revised the outlook on all the ratings to negative from stable.The outlook revision is premised on the persistently high leverage posit...

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Monday, Jul 03, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its long- and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad (KFH Malaysia) with a stable outlook.     The long-term FI rating of KFH Malaysia is notched down from the rating of its parent Kuwait Finance House KSC (KFH) of AAA/Stable based on public information. The one notch differential reflects MARC ...

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