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Posted Date: April 03, 2017 MARC today published its 2016 Annual Corporate Default and Rating Transitions Study which tracks the history of corporate ratings assigned by the rating agency from inception in 1996 through to December 31, 2016. This is MARC’s 12th annual Corporate Default and Rating Transitions Study; the first study was published in […]

Posted Date: March 17, 2017 MARC today released its finalised Solar Power Projects (SPP) rating methodology. This methodology had previously been published in exposure draft form for public consultation; however, no material comments were received. There have been no material changes from the proposed methodology published on February 21, 2017. Existing project power financing ratings

Posted Date: March 16, 2017 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) said today that CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (CIMB) was the top arranger of MARC-rated debt and sukuk programmes/issuances for the fifth consecutive year in 2016. CIMB headed MARC’s 2016 lead managers’ league table with RM8.63 billion in total rated size spread over seven issues. The

Posted Date: March 07, 2017 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) yesterday held its 2017 Investors’ Conference at Hilton Kuala Lumpur which brought together professionals from the financial sector and other key sectors in Malaysia. MARC’s analytical experts shared their outlook on the Malaysian economy, corporate credit as well as the banking sector. The opening remarks

Posted Date: March 03, 2017 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hazana Maldives Limited (Hazana) today to provide technical assistance in the areas of credit risk and Islamic finance. Hazana, a Maldives government company specialising in Islamic investment and finance, manages the commercial assets of the government and

Posted Date: March 01, 2017 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) was announced winner of Malaysia’s 2016 Project Finance Rating Agency of the Year at The Asset’s Triple A Rating Agency of the Year Awards ceremony held in Hong Kong on February 28, 2017. The Asset, a Hong Kong-based magazine covering Asia’s financial industry, annually recognises

Posted Date: February 21, 2017 MARC has published for public comment an exposure draft which outlines the rating agency’s methodology for the rating of solar power project (SPP) financings. This methodology focuses on utility-scale grid connected solar power generation facilities which have capacities of 5MW or more. MARC intends to apply the proposed rating methodology

Posted Date : November 17, 2016   Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala dinner on 16 November 2016 at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur. In conjunction with the corporate anniversary celebrations, MARC honoured the winners of its 2015 Lead Managers League Table Awards. The anniversary celebrations were graced by Finance

Posted Date: September 30, 2016 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) was named the Best Islamic Rating Agency 2016 in the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA), held in Jakarta on September 29, 2016. The prestigious GIFA Awards, now in their sixth year, celebrate the contributions of institutions and individuals towards the development of the Islamic banking

Posted Date: August 10, 2016 MARC has today published an updated version of the methodology it uses to assign ratings to sukuk. The updated methodology, which supersedes MARC’s “Sukuk: A MARC Perspective” first published in November 2008 and last updated in April 2015, includes: Outlines on the wakalah, istisna’ and mudharabah sukuk structures, case examples