By Lim Chern Yit
RAM Ratings has assigned final AAA/Stable and AA2/Stable ratings to Zamarad Assets Berhad’s Tranche 2 RM80 million Class A Sukuk and RM20 million Class B Sukuk, respectively.
The Tranche 2 Sukuk is the second issuance under Zamarad’s RM2 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme (the Programme). Notably, the Programme is RCE Marketing Sdn Bhd’s (RCEM) third debt capital market programme after those issued by Al Dzahab Assets Berhad and Tresor Assets Berhad.
As with the previous issuances, the Tranche 2 Sukuk will be collateralised by personal financing facilities originated by RCEM through its business partners. These facilities will be repaid primarily via non-discretionary salary deductions processed by the Accountant General’s Department and Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad, thereby materially reducing the transaction’s exposure to the borrower’s credit risks as long as the borrower remains in active service.
In assigning final ratings, we have reviewed all relevant transaction documents as well as assumptions applied and find them to be in line with our expectations when we assigned the preliminary ratings, published on 27 June 2019.
Upon closing, RAM will monitor the transaction’s performance on a regular basis via monthly performance reports prepared by the Servicer and the Trustee. We will keep the ratings under surveillance as long as there are outstanding tranches in the Programme.
The credit rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold a security, inasmuch as it does not comment on the security’s market price or its suitability for a particular investor, nor does it involve any audit by RAM Ratings. The credit rating also does not reflect the legality and enforceability of financial obligations.
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Source Salaam Gateway