MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TNB Western Energy Berhad’s Sukuk of up to RM4.0 billion with a stable outlook. TNB Western Energy is the funding vehicle of parent TNB Manjung Five Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TNB. The rating and outlook are equalised with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s (TNB) corporate credit rating of AAA/stable on the basis of the rolling guarantee and c...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating on ANIH Berhad's RM2.5 billion Senior Sukuk Musharakah Programme. Concurrently, the rating outlook has been revised to stable from negative. ANIH is the concessionaire of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KL-Karak) and Phase 1 of East Coast Expressway (ECE1) until 2032. Its toll concession for Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway (KL-Seremban) ended on May 31, 2018. Th...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Malakoff Power Berhad’s (MPower) RM5.4 billion Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. MPower is the operations and maintenance (O&M) operator of its parent company Malakoff Corporation Berhad’s (Malakoff) majority-owned domestic power plants. The rating reflects the consolidated credit profile of MPower and Malakoff in light of the strong operati...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TTM Sukuk Berhad’s (TTM SPV) RM600.0 million Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. The outstanding sukuk amounted to RM400 million as at end-December 2018. The affirmed rating reflects MARC’s assessment of a very high likelihood of support from project sponsors, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and PTT Public Company Ltd (PTT), based on their st...

MARC has downgraded Quantum Solar Park (Semenanjung) Sdn Bhd’s (QSP Semenanjung) RM1.0 billion Green SRI Sukuk rating to A+IS from AA-IS/Negative and concurrently placed the rating on MARCWatch Negative. The rating action reflects the heightened risk of termination of solar power purchase agreements (SPPAs) related to QSP Semenanjung’s Merchang and Jasin solar power plant projects follo...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on UiTM Solar Power Sdn Bhd’s (UiTM Solar) Green SRI Sukuk of up to RM240.0 million. The outlook on the rating is stable. UiTM Solar is the project owner of a greenfield solar power plant (SPP) with a capacity of 50MWac in Gambang, Pahang. The project is 94.0% completed as at November 7, 2018, according to the independent consulting engineer and is expect...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AAIS on BEWG (M) Sdn Bhd’s (BEWG) RM400.0 million Sukuk Wakalah with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating incorporates a one-notch rating uplift based on the credit strength of BEWG’s parent Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited (BEWGL), which has provided an unconditional and irrevocable corporate guarantee during the construction phase of the water tr...

MARC has affirmed its A+IS(s) rating on single-purpose company Projek Lintasan Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Sdn Bhd’s (PLSUKE) Sukuk Wakalah Programme (Sukuk Wakalah) of up to RM2.0 billion with a negative outlook. Concurrently, the rating agency has affirmed its AAAIS(fg) rating on PLSUKE’s Danajamin-Guaranteed Facilities (Danajamin-Guaranteed Sukuk) of up to RM500.0 million with a stable outlook. ...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Tanjung Bin O&M Berhad’s RM470.0 million Islamic Securities (Sukuk Wakalah) with a stable outlook. Tanjung Bin O&M, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malakoff Power Berhad (MPower), provides operations and maintenance (O&M) services to a 2,100-MW coal-fired power plant under an O&M agreement (OMA) with sister company Tanjung Bin Power Sdn Bh...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Sinar Kamiri Sdn Bhd’s Green SRI Sukuk Wakalah of up to RM245.0 million. The outlook on the rating is stable. Sinar Kamiri is undertaking the development of a greenfield solar power generation facility with a capacity of 49.0MWac in Sungai Siput, Perak. The rating primarily reflects Sinar Kamiri’s healthy project fundamentals that are underpinned by ...