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Introduction to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a common standard issued to make the financial statements understandable and comparable globally.

These standards are issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) with an objective to increase the transparency of published accounts and to assist investors in making economic decisions.

The standards are enforced by countries amending their local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to be compliant with the IFRS standards.

The standards issued prior to 2001 are referred to as International Accounting Standard (IAS) and those after 2001 are referred as IFRS. Collectively, these standards are referred to as IFRS and is applicable to all companies including banks.

IFRS implementation impacts the following areas:

  • Presentation of accounts
  • Accounting policies and procedures
  • Legal documentation
  • Looking at the value of financial assets and financial liabilities
  • The way the entity’s business is conducted

IFRS9

The IFRS9 addresses the accounting for Financial Instruments with revised rules. This standard was issued in July 2014 and is effective since January 1, 2018.

A financial instrument is a contract that gives rise to a financial asset in one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity. Common financial instruments includes loans, bonds, equity shares, funds and so on.

The IFRS9 intends to make the accounting for financial instruments less complex through a number of significant changes from earlier standard, IAS 39.

Product Configuration

The IFRS9 compliance on financial instruments is achieved by configuring the following parameter tables.

  • PV configuration
  • IFRS9 configuration and
  • PD/LGD parameters

Illustrating Model Parameters

Parameters configured in Model Bank are detailed below:

S.No. Parameters Description
1. IFRS.PARAMETER

Defines rules specific to the IFRS 9 regulation.

  • Users can configure the effective date from when the regulation is enabled through the Effective Date field.
  • Defines review frequency and loan classification records for each stage of IFRS9 Regulation.
  • Users can specify the probability of default and loss given default values in percentage or numeric format.
  • UPD.CONTRACT.STAGE - This field is used to determine whether risk stage information is required to be updated in contracts.
    • If the field value set to YES, the Close of Business (COB) jobs update the stage information in the RISK.STAGE field, configured in the PV.ASSET.DETAIL application.
    • If the field value set to NULL or NO, it is considered as the default processing.
  • The Pd Type field allows to configure the type of Probability of Default (PD) to be chosen for contracts at Stage1, Stage 2 and Stage 3.
  • The Mat Pd Type field allows 100% PD option that can be applied on a matured contract.
  • The Quantitative Cashflow Type field has Original or Latest options. This field specifies if the test is against the original cash flow or latest cash flow. By default, the system consumes the latest cash flow prior to modification.
  • The Quantitative Threshold field holds the percentage threshold to determine whether the modification is substantial or non-substantial while performing Quantitative Test.
  • If UPD.BUSINESS.MODEL field is set to Yes, then the Business Model is updated in AA.ACCOUNT.DETAILS for AA arrangements as part of a COB process.

  • The Recoverable Val Option field allows the users to select the type of LGD.

  • The Collateral Info field allow the banks to return the collateral value along with the collateral date using an API.

  • The Collateral Rate Amort field is used to calculate the value of collateral under the Amortised Cost Method.

  • The Ead Model field allows the users to define the EAD approach used for IFRS9 ECL calculations. It supports Npv Discounting and Outstanding Principal options.

  • The Apply Marginal Pastdue field allow the users to define the past due balances during Marginal ECL calculations.
  • The Discount ECL field enables users to specify if the ECL must be discounted. ECL can be discounted for 12 months and lifetime.
2. IFRS.ACCT.METHODS
  • Stores the accounting methods to be applied for different kinds of contracts based on the classification of the assets and liabilities.
  • Specifies different asset types, as per regulation, that can be AMORTISED, FAIRVALUE, DISCLOSURE, IMPAIR.AMORTISED, UNWIND, IMPAIR.AMC.ADJUST, IMPAIR.FAIRVALUE, IMPAIR.FV.ADJ.INC or IMPAIR.FV.ADJ.DEC and CURE.INTEREST.
  • User can specify whether the Net Present Value (NPV) calculation is based on IAS classification and the accounting methods specified or using external routine.
  • User can define the rate type applicable for calculation, and the possible values are Effective Interest Rate (EIR) or Market Rate.
  • User can define whether the values need to be calculated only or calculated and posted.
  • User can define whether the current account method follow Hybrid method of IFRS accounting when attached to contracts, and possible values are listed below:
    • YES – The Acct Head Type field should have FAIRVALUE defined first followed by AMORTISED.
    • NO or NULL – Any existing definition is allowed but FAIRVALUE followed by AMORTISED is stopped.
  • User can define if the below market treatment is required using the Below Market Acct field.
3. IFRS.POSTING.DETAILS
  • Captures details related to the way the accounting entries are generated to make contracts compatible with the IFRS requirements.
  • User can specify different asset types, as per regulation, that can be AMORTISED, FAIRVALUE, DISCLOSURE, IMPAIR.AMORTISED, UNWIND, IMPAIR.AMC.ADJUST, IMPAIR.FAIRVALUE, IMPAIR.FV.ADJ.INC or IMPAIR.FV.ADJ.DEC and CURE.INTEREST.

  • User can specify the asset types that define IFRS.ACCT.METHODS, posting style (IO or Adjust), internal account categories for account type entries, PL category for profit and loss entries or CRF asset type.
  • This table defines the transaction codes and reversal transaction codes used for generation of entries.
  • User can define the category used while posting entries for backdated or future-dated amendments. For backdated entries, respective category is used to adjust previous or current month’s and previous year’s profit and loss.
  • Sub Acct Head Type field is added to define the AA Charge property as part of splitting the delta process and posting it to profit and loss.
4. IFRS.SUB.TYPE
  • This table contains details related to IFRS.ACCT.METHODS and IFRS.POSTING.DETAILS.
  • User can specify default recalculation method during cash flow changes for contracts falling under this subtype and allowed values are EIR and Carry Cost.
5. IFRS.ACCRUAL.PARAM
  • Defines accounting frequency of different companies’ subtypes.
  • IFRS.SUB.TYPE-IMPAIR is allowed to do impairment processing.
  • User can update the IFRS.ACCOUNTING.DETAILS by specifying YES or NO values in the Upd Acct Dtls field.
  • Split Delta field provides the option to split the amortised amount with its respective fee or cost and it is a onetime setup.
  • RECOVERY.ORDER field has two options, fee/cost or Iap. This field is used to specify an order with which the recovery to take place once amount is repaid whether fee/cost should be settled or Iap.
6. IFRS.IMPAIRMENT.CODE
  • Provides different impairment codes and the reason for impairment.
  • List of impairment codes are given below:
    • 100 – Financial difficulty
    • 200 – Breach of contract
    • 300 – Legal and economic factors
    • 400 – Observable data
    • 500 – National and local conditions
    • 999 – Others

Illustrating Model Products

Model Products are not applicable for this module.

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