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EXPOSURE DRAFT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO [DRAFT] IAS 39 AUGUST 2003 Invitation to Comment The International Accounting Standards Board invites comments on the changes to IAS 39 proposed in this Exposure Draft. It would particularly welcome answers to the questions set out below. Comments are most helpful if they indicate the specific paragraph or group of paragraphs to which they relate, contain a clear rationale and, where applicable, provide a suggestion for alternative wording. The Board is not requesting comments on matters other than those set out in this Exposure Draft. Comments should be submitted in writing so as to be received no later than 14 November 2003. Question 1 Draft paragraph 128A proposes that in a fair value hedge of the interest rate risk associated with a portion of a portfolio of financial assets (or financial liabilities), the hedged item may be designated in terms of an amount of assets (or liabilities) in a maturity time period, rather than as individual assets or liabilities or the overall net position. It also proposes that the entity may hedge a portion of the interest rate risk associated with this designated amount. For example, it may hedge the change in the fair value of the designated amount attributable to changes in interest rates on the basis of expected, rather than contractual, repricing dates. * However, the Board concluded that ineffectiveness arises if these expected repricing dates are revised (eg in the light of recent prepayment experience), or actual repricing dates differ from those expected. Draft paragraph A36 describes how the amount of such ineffectiveness is calculated. Paragraphs BC16-BC27 of the Basis for Conclusions set out alternative methods of designation that the Board considered, their effect on measuring ineffectiveness and the basis for the Board’s decisions including why it rejected these alternative methods. Do you agree with the proposed designation and the resulting effect on measuring ineffectiveness? If not, (a) in your view how should the hedged item be designated and why? * The repricing date of an item is the date on which the item will be repaid or repriced to market rates. © Copyright IASCF 6
INVITATION TO COMMENT (b) (c) would your approach meet the principle underlying IAS 39 that all material ineffectiveness (arising from both over- and under-hedging) should be identified and recognised in profit or loss? under your approach, how and when would amounts that are presented in the balance sheet line items referred to in paragraph 154 be removed from the balance sheet? Question 2 Draft paragraph A30(b) proposes that all of the assets (or liabilities) from which the hedged amount is drawn must be items that could have qualified for fair value hedge accounting if they had been designated individually. It follows that a financial liability that the counterparty can redeem on demand (ie demand deposits and some time deposits) cannot qualify for fair value hedge accounting for any time period beyond the shortest period in which the counterparty can demand payment. Paragraphs BC13-BC15 of the Basis for Conclusions set out the reasons for this proposal. Do you agree that a financial liability that the counterparty can redeem on demand cannot qualify for fair value hedge accounting for any time period beyond the shortest period in which the counterparty can demand payment? If not, (a) do you agree with the Board’s decision (which confirms an existing requirement in IAS 32) that the fair value of such a financial liability is not less than the amount payable on demand? If not, why not? (b) would your view result in such a liability being recognised initially at less than the amount received from the depositor, thus potentially giving rise to a gain on initial recognition? If not, why not? If you do not agree that the situation outlined in (b) is the result, how would you characterise the change in value of the hedged item? 7 © Copyright IASCF
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