MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of A+ and MARC-1 on Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (Kenanga) with a stable outlook.The affirmed ratings are primarily premised on Kenanga’s strong competitive position in the retail stockbroking business in Malaysia, its healthy capital position, its moderate profitability metrics and adequate funding pr...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term counterparty credit ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF) with a stable outlook. The ratings are based on Malaysia’s national rating scale.   The affirmed ratings reflect CGIF’s strong capital and liquidity position which are underpinned by sound policy guidelines and governan...

MARC has affirmed Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad's (KFH Malaysia) long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA+/MARC-1 with a stable outlook. The FI ratings are based on the national rating scale.The ratings are based on MARC’s expectation of strong support from KFH Malaysia’s parent company, Kuwait Finance House KSC (KFH) on which MARC has affirmed its public...

MARC has affirmed its financial institution (FI) ratings on CIMB Bank Berhad at AAA/MARC-1 with a stable outlook. Concurrently, its ratings on the bank’s existing subordinated debt programmes have been affirmed with a stable outlook. These ratings have been notched down from the bank’s long-term FI rating based on their relative loss severity risk profiles. The subordinated debt programmes ar...

MARC has affirmed its long-term and short-term corporate credit ratings of AA+/MARC-1 on CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMB Group) and its issue rating of AA on the group’s RM10.0 billion Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinated Debt Programme. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The one-notch rating differential between CIMB Group’s long-term corporate credit rating and its subordinated debt ...

MARC has affirmed CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad’s (CIMB Islamic) financial institution (FI) ratings of AAA/MARC-1 with a stable outlook. CIMB Islamic’s FI rating is equalised to parent CIMB Bank Berhad (AAA/Stable) based on its strategic importance in Islamic banking, its shared branding and close operational integration within the group. The rating agency has concurrently affirmed the rating...

MARC has assigned a financial institution (FI) rating of AAA to Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank) with a stable outlook. The AAA rating primarily reflects SME Bank’s status as a development financial institution (DFI) that has received support from the government for its mandated role to assist in the growth of small and medium enterprises (SME), a key foc...

MARC has affirmed the long-term and short-term financial institution (FI) ratings of AA- and MARC-1 on KAF Investment Bank Berhad (KAF IB) with a stable outlook. The affirmed ratings primarily reflect KAF IB’s low-risk business model and strong liquidity and capitalisation levels, underpinned by a conservative investment strategy. The rating is moderated by the susceptibility of KAF IB’s ...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on national mortgage corporation Cagamas Berhad’s bonds and sukuk issues as follows: Conventional and Islamic Commercial Papers (CP/ICP) programmes with a combined aggregate limit of RM20.0 billion at MARC-1/ MARC-1IS ; and Conventional and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (MTN/IMTN) programmes of up to RM60.0 billion at AAA / AAAIS The outlook on all ratin...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS and AA+IS on Danajamin Nasional Berhad’s (Danajamin) Senior and Subordinated Sukuk Murabahah of up to RM2.0 billion under its Sukuk Murabahah programme. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed the insurer financial strength rating of AAA and counterparty credit ratings of AAA/MARC-1 on Danajamin. The outlook on all ratings is stable. The one-notch rat...