MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS(fg) on Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd’s (Antara) RM300.0 million Sukuk Mudharabah Programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating and outlook are based on the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee insurance provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) on which MARC has an insurer financial strength rating of AAA/stable and long-term counte...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS(fg) on Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd’s (Antara) RM300.0 million Sukuk Mudharabah Programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating and outlook are underpinned by the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) which carries a financial insurer strength rating of AAA/stable from MARC. Antara’s st...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAAIS(fg) on Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd’s (Antara) RM300.0 million Sukuk Mudharabah Programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating and outlook are underpinned by the unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) which carries MARC’s financial strength rating of AAA with a stable outlook. Antara’...

MARC has affirmed the rating of AAAIS(fg) on Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd’s (Antara) RM300.0 million Sukuk Mudharabah Programme with a stable outlook based on the irrevocable and unconditional guarantee from Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) on the rated sukuk. MARC has a AAA/Stable rating on Danjamin reflecting, among other factors, the financial insurer’s status as a government-spo...

MARC has affirmed the rating of BBB on integrated aluminium producer Press Metal Berhad’s (Press Metal) RM320.5 million Redeemable Convertible Secured Loan Stocks (RCSLS). The rating outlook is maintained at negative. The rating action reflects the difficult operating environment for aluminium manufacturers, the group’s continued weak liquidity position and its significant leverage pos...

MARC has affirmed the rating of AAAIS(fg) on Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd’s (Antara) RM300.0 million Sukuk Mudharabah Programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed ratings and outlook are underpinned by the financial guarantee provided by Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) for the sukuk. MARC currently rates Danajamin’s financial strength at AAA/Stable based on the financial insurer&r...

MARC has downgraded its rating on Press Metal Berhad’s (Press Metal) outstanding RM317.5 million Redeemable Convertible Secured Loan Stocks (RCSLS) with detachable warrants from A- to BBB. Concurrently, the rating has been placed on MARCWatch Negative pending greater clarity on the credit impact from the unexpected shutdown of Press Metal’s aluminium smelting plant in Mukah, Sarawak, d...

MARC has downgraded its ratings on Kinsteel Berhad’s (Kinsteel) RM100.0 million Murabahah Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (CP/MTN) Programme and RM100.0 million Murabahah Medium Term Notes (MTN) Programme to MARC-3ID/BBBID and BBBID from MARC-2ID/A-ID and A-ID respectively. Concurrently, MARC has removed the ratings from MARCWatch Negative where it had been placed on April 17, 2013. The ...

MARC has lowered its rating on Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd’s (Perwaja) RM400.0 million Murabahah Medium Term Notes (MMTN) programme to BBB-ID from A-ID. Concurrently, MARC has placed the rating on MARCWatch Negative. The rating actions affect RM110.0 million of current outstanding notes. The rating downgrade reflects the steelmaker’s weak financial risk profile arising from the prolonged cha...

MARC has affirmed the long-term rating of A+ID for KNM Group Berhad’s (KNM) RM1.1 billion Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) programme and the short-term rating of MARC-1ID for KNM’s RM400.0 million Islamic Commercial Paper (ICP) programme. The outlook of the ratings is revised to negative from developing.The affirmed ratings are based on the good competitive position and operating profi...