MARC recommends affirming the Republic of Singapore’s (Singapore) foreign currency sovereign rating of AAA with a stable outlook based on its national rating scale. The AAA rating reflects Singapore’s prudent economic management, robust external position, high fiscal discipline, as well as strong governance and institutions. Its credit strengths are, however, tempered by its susceptibility t...

MARC 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. The rating affirmation mainly reflects CMBS 2007-2’s strong credit enhancement level of 220.4% as at August 31, 2018 (Quarter 46) with an outstanding principal of non-defaulted mortgage loans of RM755.9 million and combined cash and permitte...

MARC 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. The rating affirmation reflects CMBS 2007-1-i’s substantial credit enhancement level of 168.7% as at October 31, 2018 (Quarter 47) based on an outstanding principal of non-defaulted home financing of RM1,097.0 million and combined cash...

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. The rating affirmation essentially reflects CMBS 2005-2’s substantial credit enhancement level of 253.0% based on an outstanding principal balance of non-defaulted mortgages of RM933.5 million and combined cash and permitted investments of R...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on Cagamas MBS Berhad’s RM2,050.0 million asset-backed Sukuk Musyarakah issuance (CMBS 2005-1) with a stable outlook. The rating affects the final tranche of sukuk under CMBS 2005-1 amounting to RM400.0 million. The rating affirmation mainly reflects CMBS 2005-1’s strong credit enhancement level of 356.6% as at end-September 2018 (Quarter 54) with an ou...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAA, AA and B- on Special Coral Sdn Bhd’s RM250.0 million Senior Class A Medium-Term Notes (MTN) (Class A MTN), RM50.0 million Senior Class B MTN (Class B MTN) and RM800.0 million Subordinated Class MTN. The ratings outlook is stable. As at April 1, 2019, Special Coral had outstanding Senior Class A MTN of RM200.0 million and Subordinated Class MTN of RM506.3 mi...

MARC has affirmed Malaysia’s sovereign rating of AAA with a stable outlook based on the agency’s national rating scale. The AAA rating reflects the resilience of the Malaysian economy, its effective monetary policy, as well as a healthy external position. Its rating strengths are, however, tempered by persistent fiscal deficits, high government debt and rising contingent liability, as well a...

MARC has assigned long- and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 to China Construction Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (CCBM). The long-term rating of CCBM is notched down from its parent China Construction Bank Corporation’s (CCB) AAA rating from MARC based on publicly available information. The outlook on all ratings is stable. The one-notch long-term rating differential between...

MARC 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 is stable . UEM Edgenta is majority owned by UEM Group Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad with significant business interests in key economic s...

MARC has affirmed its corporate credit rating on Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) at AAA and its sukuk rating on TNB’s RM2.0 billion Al-Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Bonds at AAAIS. The ratings outlook is stable. TNB’s ratings benefit from a two-notch uplift to reflect MARC's assessment of a high likelihood of government support premised on TNB’s standalone corporate credit rating of AA/Stable. The supp...