Rating Announcements

MARC Ratings has affirmed Grand Sepadu (NK) Sdn Bhd’s RM210.0 million Sukuk Murabahah rating at AA-IS with a stable outlook. The rating affirmation reflects Grand Sepadu’s stable performance, supported by resilient commercial traffic on its mature New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB), improved leverage and coverage ratios driven by stronger revenue and reduced borrowings. However, …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its ratings on Cagamas Berhad’s bonds and sukuk issuances as follows: MARC-1/MARC-1IS on Conventional and Islamic Commercial Papers (CP/ICP) programmes with a combined aggregate limit of RM20.0 billion AAA/AAAIS on Conventional and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (MTN/IMTN) programmes of up to RM60.0 billion The ratings outlook is stable. The key rating drivers …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA+IS rating on UMW Holdings Berhad’s (UMW) RM2.0 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme (Sukuk Musharakah) and its AA-IS rating on UMW’s RM2.0 billion Perpetual Sukuk Programme. The two-notch rating differential between the two programmes is in line with MARC Ratings’ methodology on notching principles of subordinated and hybrid instruments. …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS/Stable rating on Lebuhraya DUKE Fasa 3 Sdn Bhd’s (DUKE 3) RM3.64 billion Sukuk Wakalah. DUKE 3 is the concessionaire for the 32-km Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE) under a concession that runs through August 5, 2069. The rating continues to incorporate the adequately structured sukuk repayment profile that accommodates traffic ramp-up …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its long- and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on China Construction Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (CCBM) with a stable outlook. The long-term FI rating is notched down from the FI rating of its parent, China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) of AAA based on publicly available information. The notching reflects our …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-, AA-IS and AIS ratings on WCT Holdings Berhad’s RM1.0 billion Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme, RM1.5 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme and RM1.0 billion Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme. Concurrently, the rating agency has revised the outlook on all the ratings to negative from stable. The outlook revision is premised on the persistently high …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its MARC-1/AA- ratings on Sunway Berhad’s RM2.0 billion Commercial Papers/Medium-Term Notes (CP/MTN) Programmes. Concurrently, it has also affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS(cg)/AA-IS(cg) on Sunway’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sunway Treasury Sukuk Sdn Bhd’s issuances under the RM10.0 billion Islamic Commercial Papers/Islamic Medium-Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programmes. Sunway has guaranteed the ICP/IMTN issuances of Sunway. …

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MARC Ratings has downgraded its rating on TG Excellence Berhad’s RM3.0 billion Perpetual Sukuk Wakalah Programme to A+IS(cg) from AA-IS(cg). TG Excellence is a wholly-owned funding vehicle of Top Glove Corporation Bhd whose corporate credit rating was concurrently lowered to AA from AA+. Top Glove has provided an irrevocable and unconditional guarantee on the perpetual …

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MARC Ratings has affirmed its long- and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad (KFH Malaysia) with a stable outlook. The long-term FI rating of KFH Malaysia is notched down from the rating of its parent Kuwait Finance House KSC (KFH) of AAA/Stable based on public information. The one …

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