Rating Announcements

MARC Ratings affirms Malaysia’s sovereign rating at AAA

MARC Ratings has affirmed its unsolicited public information sovereign rating on Malaysia at AAA with a stable outlook based on the rating agency’s national rating scale. The AAA rating reflects Malaysia’s credit strengths, including an open and increasingly diversified economy, sound monetary policy, a resilient financial sector, and continued progress in structural and institutional reforms. […]

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MARC Ratings affirms Cerah Sama’s AA-IS rating

MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Cerah Sama Sdn Bhd’s RM420.0 million Sukuk with a stable outlook. The outstanding currently stands at RM230.0 million. The affirmation reflects resilient traffic on Cerah Sama’s mature Cheras-Kajang Highway, stable cash flow, strong liquidity, and an accommodative sukuk repayment profile. Leverage remains high but is improving. Average

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MARC Ratings affirms AAIS rating on IOI Properties’ unit’s RM3.0 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme

MARC Ratings has affirmed its AAIS rating on Fortune Premiere Sdn Bhd’s RM3.0 billion Multi-Currency Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Murabahah) Programme. The rating outlook is stable. Fortune Premiere is a wholly-owned funding vehicle of IOI Properties Group Berhad (IOI Properties). The rating reflects the credit strength of IOI Properties which has provided an unconditional and

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MARC Ratings affirms AA-IS rating on MRCB’s RM5.0 billion IMTN Programme

MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad’s (MRCB) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme (Sukuk Murabahah) of up to RM5.0 billion, with a stable outlook. The rating reflects MRCB’s longstanding track record in property and construction — particularly in transit-oriented developments (TOD) — its substantial infrastructure order book, and its status

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MARC Ratings assigns final rating of MARC-1IS to Khazanah’s RM1.0 billion ICP Programme

MARC Ratings has assigned a final rating of MARC-1IS to Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s (Khazanah) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme of up to RM1.0 billion in nominal value. The rating is based on the rating agency’s assessment of Khazanah’s corporate credit rating at AAA/Stable. The rating agency has reviewed the final documentation for the programme and

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MARC Ratings affirms FGV’S AA-IS rating with stable outlook

MARC Ratings has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on FGV Holdings Berhad’s (FGV) Sukuk Murabahah Programme of up to RM3.0 billion. The outlook on the rating is stable. The current outstanding under the rated programme stood at RM1.3 billion as at end-October 2025. The rating affirmation reflects FGV’s sizeable and integrated palm oil operations, improved

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MARC Ratings affirms UEM Sunrise’s ratings

MARC Ratings has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS/AA-IS on UEM Sunrise Berhad’s Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP)/ Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme (ICP/IMTN-3) with a combined nominal value of RM4.0 billion. Concurrently, the rating agency has also affirmed its rating of AA-IS on UEM Sunrise’s two IMTN Programmes (IMTN-1 and IMTN-2) of RM2.0 billion each. The

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MARC Ratings affirms AA+IS rating on Kapar Energy Ventures’ sukuk

MARC Ratings has affirmed its AA+IS rating on Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd’s (KEV) outstanding RM160.0 million Sukuk Ijarah with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating benefits from a two-notch uplift from KEV’s standalone rating due to expected support from Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB, AAA/stable), which has 60.0% ownership of KEV through its wholly-owned subsidiary

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MARC Ratings affirms rating of AA-IS on MMC’s Sukuk Murabahah Programme

MARC Ratings has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on MMC Corporation Berhad’s (MMC) Sukuk Murabahah Programme of up to RM3.5 billion. The rating outlook is stable. As of 28 November 2025, the Sukuk Murabahah has an outstanding of RM2.1 billion. MMC’s strong competitive position and longstanding track record across key sectors of the economy, namely

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MARC Solutions assigns “Gold” Impact Assessment to JCorp’s Sustainable Finance Framework

MARC Solutions has assigned a “Gold” Impact Assessment to Johor Corporation’s (JCorp) Sustainable Finance Framework. The framework outlines JCorp’s approach to undertaking sustainability finance transactions to deliver environmental and social (E&S) benefits. JCorp, established in 1968 under the Johor State Economic Development Corporation Enactment, is the state’s principal development institution and Malaysia’s largest state economic

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