RATING ACTIONMARC has affirmed its BBB-IS rating for Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad’s (SDEB) RM1.89 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme (Restructured Sukuk) and revised the outlook to negative from stable.RATIONALESDEB is the concessionaire of the 77-km tolled inter-urban Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE) in Johor, which links the towns of Senai and Desaru with a connecting highway to Pasir ...

Rating actionMARC has affirmed its ratings of AAA, AA and B- on special purpose vehicle Special Coral Sdn Bhd’s RM250.0 million Senior Class A Medium-Term Notes (MTN), RM50.0 million Senior Class B MTN and RM800.0 million Subordinated Class MTN under the existing RM1.1 billion MTN programme. The ratings outlook is stable. RationaleThe affirmed ratings reflect the MTN classes’ loan-to-valu...

RationaleMARC has affirmed the People’s Republic of China’s (“China”) foreign currency sovereign rating at AAA with a stable outlook based on its national rating scale.  The AAA rating reflects several credit strengths, including a large and well-diversified, resilient economy. Thanks to an effective stimulus package, China’s quarterly recovery was quick and it managed to avoid an e...

Rating actionMARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS /AA-IS on UEM Edgenta Berhad’s Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) under its Sukuk Murabahah programme of up to RM1.0 billion. The ratings outlook remains stable.RationaleThe affirmed ratings are driven by UEM Edgenta’s strong business and financial profile from long-term contracts in regional healthcare su...

Rating actionMARC has assigned final ratings of MARC-1IS /AAIS to Cellco Capital Bhd’s (Cellco) proposed RM520 million issuance (Issue 1) under its Islamic Commercial Papers/Islamic Medium-Term Notes (Sukuk Ijarah Programme) with a combined limit of up to RM1.0 billion. The ratings outlook is stable. Rationale Cellco is a special-purpose entity set up to raise funds via the Sukuk Ijara...

Rating actionMARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on Cagamas MBS Berhad’s RM2,110.0 million asset-backed Sukuk Musyarakah issuance (CMBS 2007-1-i) with a stable outlook.RationaleThe affirmed rating reflects CMBS 2007-1-i’s strong credit enhancement level of 203.2% as at October 31, 2020 (Quarter 55) based on an outstanding principal of non-defaulted home financing of RM851.7 million and combined...

Rating actionMARC has affirmed its AAA rating on Cagamas MBS Berhad’s RM2,410.0 million asset-backed fixed rate serial bonds (CMBS 2007-2) with a stable outlook.RationaleThe affirmed rating reflects CMBS 2007-2’s very strong credit enhancement level of 324.0% as at August 31, 2020 (Quarter 54) with an outstanding principal of non-defaulted mortgage loans of RM510.9 million and combined cash an...

Rating action MARC has affirmed its AAA rating on Cagamas MBS Berhad’s RM2,060.0 million asset-backed fixed rate serial bonds (CMBS 2005-2) with a stable outlook.Rationale  The affirmed rating reflects CMBS 2005-2’s very strong credit enhancement level of 494.2% on CMBS 2005-2 based on an outstanding principal balance of non-defaulted mortgages of RM699.6 million and combined cash an...

Rating actionMARC has assigned a rating of AAAIS with a stable outlook on Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd (PJH)’s proposed RM1.0 billion 20-year Sukuk Wakalah Programme. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its existing ratings on PJH’s issuances. The outlook for all ratings is stable. The ratings and outlook are premised on the predictable and sizeable rental income from the Malaysian...

Global Markets     From the US to Germany and the UK, yields on govvies ended February with their biggest monthly surge in years amid expectations of a rapid post-pandemic recovery, causing a global bond rout. The move first began in the US as prospects for a huge fiscal boost gained significant momentum. Combined with global central banks’ dovish holds, yield curves have steepene...