MARC has assigned a final rating of AAAIS to CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad’s (CIMB Islamic) RM10.0 billion Sukuk Wakalah Programme (Sukuk Wakalah). The outlook on the rating is stable. Upon review of the final documentation of the issuance, MARC is satisfied that the terms and conditions of the sukuk have not changed in any material way from the draft documentation on which the earlier prelimin...

MARC has affirmed its AAA financial institution rating on Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC) with a stable outlook. As a development financial institution (DFI), CGC plays a public policy role to facilitate access to financing for SMEs by providing credit guarantees on loans extended by financial institutions. It is majority-owned by Bank Negara Malaysia. MARC considers these k...

MARC has assigned a preliminary rating of AAAIS to CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad’s (CIMB Islamic) proposed RM10.0 billion senior Sukuk Wakalah Programme (Sukuk Wakalah). The rating outlook is stable. The rating on the Sukuk Wakalah reflects its seniority and is equalised to CIMB Islamic’s financial institution (FI) ratings which MARC has recently affirmed at AAA/MARC-1/Stable. The Sukuk Wakalah wi...

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 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 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. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The one-notch rating differential between CIMB Group’s long-term corporate credit rating and it...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (CIMB Islamic). Concurrently, MARC 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 is in accordance...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings on CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB Bank) at AAA / MARC-1 with a stable outlook. Concurrently, MARC 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 ratings by one or two notches based on their relative loss severity risk profiles. The full lis...

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 FI rating of Maybank Islamic has been equalised to that of its parent Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) based on the former’s significance as the Islamic banking arm of Maybank group, underpinned by sha...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings of A/MARC-1 on Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) and concurrently affirmed its AIS rating on the bank’s 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 programme is equalised to its long-term FI ratings based on the seniori...