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Friday, Sep 01, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its long-term and short-term corporate credit ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMB Group) and its issue rating of AA on the group’s RM10.0 billion Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinated Debt programme. The ratings outlook is stable.  CIMB Group is Malaysia’s second-largest banking group with total assets of RM720.3 billion as at end-1H2...

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Friday, Sep 01, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad’s (CIMB Islamic) financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1/Stable. Concurrently, the rating agency has also affirmed its ratings on CIMB Islamic’s sukuk issuances as follows:• RM10.0 billion Senior Sukuk Wakalah programme (Sukuk Wakalah) at AAAIS/Stable• RM5.0 billion Tier 2 Junior Sukuk programme at AA+IS/StableCIMB Islamic’s FI ...

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Friday, Aug 25, 2023
MARC Ratings has placed its ratings on UMW Holdings Berhad’s (UMW) sukuk programmes on MARCWatch Developing. The rating action has been triggered by the proposed sale of Permodalan Nasional Berhad’s (PNB) 61.18% equity stake in UMW to Sime Darby Enterprise Sdn Bhd (SDESB) for a total cash consideration of about RM3.57 billion. The rating agency notes that a mandatory general offer will be made...

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Thursday, Aug 24, 2023
MARC Ratings has maintained the MARCWatch Negative placement of ANIH Berhad’s Senior Sukuk Musharakah programme rating which has a current outstanding of RM1.48 billion. The rating has been placed on MARCWatch since May 25, 2023 to reflect the uncertainties that arose from the new supplemental concession agreement (SCA) between ANIH and the government signed on November 17, 2022, including the p...

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Thursday, Aug 24, 2023
MARC Ratings has assigned preliminary ratings to Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad’s proposed Sukuk Wakalah programme of up to RM5.0 billion as follows:• Senior Sukuk Wakalah at A+IS • Tier-2 Subordinated Sukuk Wakalah at A-IS • Additional Tier-1 Sukuk Wakalah (AT-1 Sukuk Wakalah) at BBBIS Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of A+/...

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Friday, Aug 18, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AAAIS rating on Aman Sukuk Berhad’s (Aman) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM10.0 billion with a stable outlook. The total outstanding amount under the programme stood at RM2.25 billion as at end-July 2023.The rating affirmation reflects the credit strength of the Malaysian government as the sole obligor of the annual sublease rental payments, th...

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Thursday, Aug 17, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS and A+IS on George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad’s (George Kent) RM100.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and RM500.0 million Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme, subject to a combined limit of RM500.0 million. The ratings outlook is stable. The affirmed ratings continue to reflect George Kent’s strong liquidity position, ...

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Thursday, Aug 17, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Southern Power Generation Sdn Bhd’s (Southern Power) outstanding sukuk of RM3.4 billion with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating is driven by the strength of Southern Power’s 21-year power purchase agreement (PPA) under which demand, and fuel price risks are allocated to offtaker Tenaga Nasional Berhad (AAA/Stable). The rating is moderated b...

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Tuesday, Aug 15, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its A+IS rating on JB Cocoa Sdn Bhd’s (JB Cocoa) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Wakalah) programme of up to RM500.0 million with a stable outlook. JB Cocoa is a wholly-owned key manufacturing subsidiary of Singapore-based JB Foods Limited which has provided a corporate guarantee to the programme. Accordingly, the rating assessment considers the consolidated credit pro...

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Friday, Aug 11, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS(cg) /MARC-1IS(cg) on F&N Capital Sdn Bhd’s Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) programmes with a combined limit of up to RM3.0 billion. The ratings outlook is stable. The ratings reflect the credit strength of Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&NHB), as the parent unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees th...

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