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Posted Date : 16 Dec 2014   MARC has published for comment an exposure draft which outlines the rating agency’s Malaysian state rating methodology. The publication of this exposure draft is part of MARC’s initiatives to increase transparency around its ratings process and to ensure the consistency of methodology application. MARC’s state rating methodology recognises […]

Posted Date : 18 Nov 2014  Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) today held its 2014 CEO Forum at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur which brought together senior executives of prominent corporates and financial institutions in the country to reflect together on how to take credit ratings and the domestic capital markets to the next level in

Posted Date : 28 Oct 2014 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) was named the Best Islamic Rating Agency 2014 by the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA). MARC’s Chief Executive Officer, Mohd Razlan Mohamed, received the award at the GIFA gala dinner awards ceremony held in Dubai on Monday, 27 October 2014, in conjunction with the

Posted Date : 15 Oct 2014 MARC published its final methodologies for assessing the business and financial risk profiles of corporates and members of a corporate group today. The rating agency had published for public comment the exposure drafts titled ‘Corporate Credit: Rating Outcomes Grid’ and ‘Group Rating Methodology’ respectively on August 4, 2014 and

Posted Date : 08 Aug 2014 MARC has published for comment an exposure draft which outlines the rating agency’s group rating methodology. MARC’s group rating methodology recognises that the creditworthiness of a group member entity can be influenced by financial and business-related interdependencies among group members. This exposure draft articulates MARC’s approach to conducting analysis

Posted Date : 04 Aug 2014 MARC has published for comment an exposure draft on the 6×6 rating matrix it employs to guide its ratings process for non-financial corporations. The Rating Outcomes Grid provides transparency on how MARC’s business and financial risk assessments of a corporate are considered in assigning corporate credit ratings. The Rating

Posted Date : 30 Apr 2014 At Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad’s (MARC) 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Sime Darby Convention Centre on 30 April 2014, the company announced its results for the financial year ended 31 December 2013. Datuk Azizan Haji Abd Rahman, who assumed the chairmanship of MARC since the last AGM

Posted Date : 18 Apr 2014 MARC published its final methodology on equity treatment and notching for corporate subordinated debt and hybrid securities today following a request for comments period. The methodology report outlines concepts and principles that are applicable to assigning ratings to all types of subordinated and hybrid securities issued by corporates.  The

Posted Date : 31 Mar 2014   MARC today released its 2013 Annual Corporate Default and Rating Transitions Study, which tabulates defaults and changes in ratings for the issuers rated by MARC over the years. Similar to 2012, MARC recorded only one credit default in 2013, increasing the overall corporate default rate slightly to 1.6%

Posted Date : 25 Feb 2014 MARC has published for comment an exposure draft which outlines the rating agency’s approach to equity treatment and notching for corporate subordinated debt and hybrid securities. The exposure draft aims to identify concepts and principles that are applicable to assigning ratings to all types of subordinated and hybrid securities