Press Releases - Category: Finance
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Thursday, Sep 05, 2024
MARC Ratings has assigned preliminary ratings of AAA/AAAIS to Cagamas Berhad’s proposed Conventional/Islamic Medium-Term Notes (MTN/IMTN) Programmes with a combined limit of up to RM80.0 billion. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its ratings on Cagamas’ bonds and sukuk issuances as follows:MARC-1/MARC-1IS on Conventional/Islamic Commercial Papers (CCP/ICP) Programmes with a combined...

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Friday, Aug 30, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its financial institution rating on Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank) at AAA. The rating agency has also affirmed its AAAIS/MARC-1IS ratings on the bank’s existing Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme/ Islamic Commercial Papers Programme with a combined limit of RM3.0 billion. The rating outlook is stable. The affirmation reflects M...

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Thursday, Aug 15, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its financial institution ratings on CIMB Bank Berhad at AAA/MARC-1. The rating agency has concurrently affirmed its AA+ rating on the bank’s existing RM10.0 billion Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinated Debt Programme. The ratings outlook is stable.The affirmation reflects the bank’s high systemic importance as the second-largest bank by assets in Malaysia. It is t...

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Thursday, Aug 15, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its long- and short-term corporate credit ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMB Group). The rating agency has concurrently affirmed its AA rating 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 RM757.9 billi...

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Thursday, Aug 15, 2024
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 affirmed its ratings on CIMB Islamic’s sukuk issuances as follows:RM10.0 billion Senior Sukuk Wakalah Programme (Sukuk Wakalah) at AAAIS/StableRM5.0 billion Tier 2 Junior Sukuk Programme at AA+IS/StableCIMB Islamic’s FI ratings are e...

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Friday, Aug 09, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its financial institution rating of AAA on Bank Pertanian Malaysia Berhad (Agrobank). Concurrently, the rating agency has also affirmed its rating of AAAIS on Agrobank’s Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme. The ratings outlook is stable.The ratings reflect MARC Ratings’ view of a very high probability of government support for Agrobank. This is based on the government...

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Wednesday, Aug 07, 2024
MARC Ratings has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of AA-/MARC-1 on KAF Investment Bank Berhad (KAF IB) with a stable outlook.KAF IB’s longstanding track record of sound performance, strong capitalisation and liquidity levels, underpinned by a conservative investment strategy, remain key rating drivers. The susceptibility of KAF IB’s performance to sudden changes in interest rate...

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Thursday, Aug 01, 2024
MARC Ratings has placed its financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad (KFH Malaysia) on MARCWatch Developing. The rating action follows the announcement on July 31, 2024, by KFH Malaysia that it will voluntarily withdraw from the Malaysian market and wind down its banking business in the country.MARC Ratings understands that the winding down of the ...

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Monday, Jul 15, 2024
MARC Ratings has assigned a "Gold" Impact Assessment to Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad’s (Bank Rakyat) Sustainability Sukuk Framework. The framework has been established to set the guiding principles for Bank Rakyat’s issuance of Sustainability Sukuk for eligible projects that contribute towards environmental and social benefits.Bank Rakyat is the largest Islamic cooperative bank in Mal...

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Friday, Jun 28, 2024
MARC Ratings has assigned a preliminary rating of MARC-1 to Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd’s (Merchantrade) proposed Multi-Currency Commercial Papers (CP) Programme of up to RM200 million in nominal value. The rating is confined to ringgit-denominated issuance under the proposed programme, with the initial drawdown expected to be around RM50 million to RM70 million. The rating incorporates Merch...

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