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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>KD</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Annual Report 2009<br />

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as at <strong>and</strong> for the year ended 31 December 2009<br />

2.8 Financial assets<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Group</strong> classifies its financial assets in the following categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or loss; loans<br />

<strong>and</strong> receivables; held-to-maturity investments; <strong>and</strong> available-for-sale financial assets. Management determines the<br />

classification of its investments at initial recognition.<br />

2.8.1 Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss<br />

This category has two sub-categories: financial assets held for trading, <strong>and</strong> those designated at fair value through profit or<br />

loss at inception.<br />

A financial asset is classified as held for trading if it is acquired or incurred principally for the purpose of selling or<br />

repurchasing in the near term or if it is part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that are managed together <strong>and</strong> for<br />

which there is evidence of a recent actual pattern of short-term profit-taking.<br />

Financial assets <strong>and</strong> financial liabilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss when:<br />

- doing so significantly reduces measurement inconsistencies that would arise if the related derivatives were treated<br />

as held for trading <strong>and</strong> the underlying financial instruments were carried at amortised cost for loans <strong>and</strong> advances to<br />

customers or banks <strong>and</strong> debt securities in issue; <strong>and</strong><br />

- certain investments, such as equity investments, are managed <strong>and</strong> evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance<br />

with a documented risk management or investment strategy <strong>and</strong> reported to key management personnel on that<br />

basis, <strong>and</strong> are designated at fair value through profit or loss.<br />

2.8.2 Held-to-maturity financial assets<br />

Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments <strong>and</strong> fixed maturities that<br />

the <strong>Group</strong>’s management has the positive intention <strong>and</strong> ability to hold to maturity. If the <strong>Group</strong> were to sell other than an<br />

insignificant amount of held-to-maturity assets, the entire category would be reclassified as available for sale.<br />

2.8.3 Loans <strong>and</strong> receivables<br />

Loans <strong>and</strong> receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted on an<br />

active market, other than: (a) those that the entity intends to sell immediately or in the short term, which are classified as held<br />

for trading, <strong>and</strong> those that the entity upon initial recognition designates as at fair value through profit or loss; (b) those that the<br />

entity upon initial recognition designates as available for sale; or (c) those for which the holder may not recover substantially<br />

all of its initial investment, other than for reason of credit deterioration. If the loan is irrecoverable, it is written-off <strong>and</strong><br />

recognised in revaluation expenses - impairment of loans. Loans are considered to be irrecoverable when all the necessary<br />

procedures of recovery have been performed <strong>and</strong> the amount of loss can be determined. <strong>The</strong> subsequent repayments of<br />

debts written off reduce the impairment loss recognised in the income statement, providing the repayments are received in the<br />

current year; if not, they increase the revenue.<br />

2.8.4 Available-for-sale financial assets<br />

Available-for-sale investments are those intended to be held for an indefinite period of time, <strong>and</strong> which may be sold in<br />

response to needs for liquidity or changes in interest rates, exchange rates or equity prices.<br />

2.8.4.1. Recognition of financial assets<br />

Regular purchases <strong>and</strong> sales of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, held to maturity <strong>and</strong> available for sale are<br />

recognised at the trade-date – the date on which the <strong>Group</strong> commits to purchase or sell the asset.<br />

Financial assets are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value<br />

through profit or loss. Financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value, <strong>and</strong><br />

transaction costs are expensed in the income statement. Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash<br />

flows from the financial assets have expired or where the <strong>Group</strong> has transferred substantially all risks <strong>and</strong> rewards of<br />

ownership. Financial liabilities are derecognised when they are extinguished − that is, when the obligation is discharged,<br />

cancelled or expires.<br />

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