MARC News

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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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). …

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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 …

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Posted Date : 01 Apr 2010 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) announced a consolidated profit before tax of RM6.63 million against group revenue of RM17.11 million for the financial year ended 31 December 2009 at its 14th Annual General Meeting today. MARC’s Chairman, En Mohammad Abdullah, said that despite the unfavourable financial market conditions, MARC …

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Posted Date : 16 Mar 2010 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) has released its 2009 Annual Corporate Default and Ratings Transition Study. The report discusses rating trends in 2009, default activity and the outlook for 2010. The agency’s rating universe remained relatively stable although there was a marked absence of positive credit actions and a …

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Posted Date : 10 Feb 2010 Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) released its outlooks for the economy, the bond market and various industries at the MARC 2010 Investors’ Briefing held at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur on February 9, 2010. About 100 capital-market investors and market players from the financial fraternity were in attendance at the …

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Posted Date : 22 Jan 2010 CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (CIMB) and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad (MIB) clinched the top spots on Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad’s (MARC) 2009 Lead Managers League Tables by value and number of issues, respectively. MIB and Public Investment Bank Berhad ranked second and third, respectively by value. CIMB ranked second …

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