MARC has affirmed its ratings on Alpha Circle Sdn Bhd’s RM540 million Senior Sukuk Musharakah and RM55 million Junior Sukuk Musharakah at AA-IS and AIS. The ratings outlook has been revised to stable from negative.The outlook revision incorporates the improvement in the volume of foreign worker permits issued since the conclusion of the government-initiated rehiring programme in June 2018. D...

MARC has withdrawn its rating of A+IS on DRB HICOM Berhad’s RM1.8 Billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme. The rating withdrawal follows the early redemption of the outstanding amount of RM1.8 billion on December 12 and subsequent cancellation of the programme on December 16, 2019, as confirmed by the facility agent. MARC’s analytical coverage on DRB HICOM is now limited to the fo...

MARC has assigned a final rating of A+IS with a positive outlook to DRB-HICOM Berhad’s proposed Sukuk Programme with a nominal value of up to RM3.5 billion. Upon review of the final documentation for the programme, the rating agency is satisfied that the terms and conditions have not changed in any material way from the draft documentation on which the earlier preliminary rating of A+IS wa...

MARC has assigned its rating of A+IS to DRB-HICOM Berhad’s proposed Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme (Sukuk Programme) with a nominal value of up to RM3.5 billion. The rating outlook is positive. Concurrently, MARC has affirmed its ratings of A+IS and A-IS on DRB-HICOM’s existing Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM1.8 billion and Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme of u...

MARC has affirmed its short-term rating of MARC-2IS on Bina Darulaman Berhad’s (BDB) RM100.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme. The outstanding notes under the programme stood at RM30.0 million as at end-August 2019. The affirmed rating incorporates BDB’s moderate debt level and the group’s improved business prospects that should lead to a financial turnaround over the ...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS /AA-IS on UEM Edgenta Berhad’s Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) under its Sukuk Murabahah programme of up to RM1.0 billion. The ratings outlook is stable. UEM Edgenta is majority owned by UEM Group Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad with significant business interests in key economic ...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Alpha Circle Sdn Bhd’s RM540 million Senior Sukuk Musharakah and RM55 million Junior Sukuk Musharakah at AA-IS and AIS. The ratings outlook remains negative. The affirmed ratings primarily consider the improvement in the volume of work permits issued for foreign workers with the uptrend reflecting moderate success of the government programme to rehire/legal...

MARC has assigned ratings of MARC-1IS(cg)/AA-IS(cg) to Sunway Treasury Sukuk Sdn Bhd’s (STSSB) RM10.0 billion Sukuk Programme with a stable outlook. STSSB’s Sukuk Programme will carry an Al-Khafalah guarantee from Sunway Berhad (Sunway). The new Sukuk Programme is expected to replace STSSB’s existing RM2.0 billion Sukuk Programme which MARC had affirmed at MARC-1IS(cg)/AA-IS(cg) on Nov...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on MISC Berhad's RM2.5 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) programme. The outlook on the rating is stable. MISC is a key subsidiary of the national oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). The affirmed rating benefits from a rating uplift from PETRONAS based on the significant operational and financial integration MISC has with its parent give...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on MMC Corporation Berhad’s (MMC) RM2.5 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme with a stable outlook. The rating reflects MMC’s longstanding track record and strong market position in key sectors of the domestic economy namely ports, engineering and utilities. Its ports and utilities divisions which are underpinned by long-term concessions, and its engineer...