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Posted Date : 29 May 2011 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) entered into a technical agreement with Islamic International Rating Agency (IIRA) on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd affiliate, JCR-VIS Credit Rating Co. Ltd, will also provide support to IIRA under this agreement. IIRA is seeking to augment its technical expertise […]

Posted Date : 06 Apr 2011 MARC released the results of its maiden survey on the economy and bond market conducted in conjunction with its 2011 Investor Briefing on March 22. Questionnaires were distributed to bond market participants to gather their views on the domestic economy, market strategies, market developments, bond issuances as well as

Posted Date : 31 Mar 2011 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) today announced a 21% growth in pre-tax profit to RM8.0 million for the financial year 2010 from RM6.6 million the year before on the back of a 7.3% increase in revenue to RM18.37 million for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 at its

Posted Date : 22 Mar 2011 Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) held its 2011 Investor Briefing in Kuala Lumpur today. MARC’s Chief Executive Officer, Mohd Razlan Mohamed, opened the briefing with welcoming remarks, describing the annual event as a platform and forum for MARC to share its views on the economy, bond market and the

Posted Date : 17 Mar 2011 MARC released its 2010 Annual Corporate Default and Ratings Transition Study today. The report discusses rating and bond market trends in 2010.  “The agency’s rating universe remained relatively stable with a lower number of issuer defaults as a result of the economy’s return to growth,” said Mohd Razlan Mohamed,

Posted Date : 24 Feb 2011 CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (CIMB) topped MARC’s Lead Managers’ League Table for 2010 in terms of both value and number of issues, with Maybank Investment Bank Berhad (Maybank-IB) coming in a close second. CIMB lead-managed five issuances amounting to RM6.72 billion followed by Maybank-IB which lead-managed 4 issuances totalling

Posted Date : 24 Dec 2010 MARC released its 2011 Ringgit Bond Market Outlook report today which covers the agency’s views for both the domestic sovereign and corporate bond markets in the coming year.  Mohd Razlan Mohamed, MARC’s CEO, said, “We believe that the dry spell for the ringgit corporate bond market has ended after

Posted Date : 09 Dec 2010 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) today announced the launch of its sovereign issuer rating services. Sovereign issuer ratings are intended to be assessments of the ability and willingness of a sovereign government to repay its debt obligations in a full and timely manner. These ratings will be assigned to

Posted Date : 26 Oct 2010 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) today announced the official launch of its Islamic Financial Institution (IFI) Governance Rating, an interactive rating service catering to IFIs, by Securities Commission Managing Director Datuk Ranjit Ajit Singh at Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with the ongoing Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF).

Posted Date : 15 Jul 2010 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) awarded CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (CIMB Investment) and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad (Maybank IB) with the Top Lead Managers Awards recently in recognition of their distinctive achievements in the Issue Value category and the Issue Count category respectively. CIMB Investment topped the Issue Value