ipsas 29—financial instruments: recognition and measurement - IFAC

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT
entity’s exposure to the variability in the present value of the future net cash flows
before and after the transfer. The computation and comparison is made using as
the discount rate an appropriate current market interest rate. All reasonably
possible variability in net cash flows is considered, with greater weight being
given to those outcomes that are more likely to occur.
25. Whether the entity has retained control (see paragraph 22(c)) of the transferred
asset depends on the transferee’s ability to sell the asset. If the transferee has the
practical ability to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party and is able
to exercise that ability unilaterally and without needing to impose additional
restrictions on the transfer, the entity has not retained control. In all other cases,
the entity has retained control.
Transfers that Qualify for Derecognition (see paragraph 22(a) and (c)(i))
26. If an entity transfers a financial asset in a transfer that qualifies for
derecognition in its entirety and retains the right to service the financial asset
for a fee, it shall recognize either a servicing asset or a servicing liability for
that servicing contract. If the fee to be received is not expected to compensate
the entity adequately for performing the servicing, a servicing liability for the
servicing obligation shall be recognized at its fair value. If the fee to be
received is expected to be more than adequate compensation for the
servicing, a servicing asset shall be recognized for the servicing right at an
amount determined on the basis of an allocation of the carrying amount of
the larger financial asset in accordance with paragraph 29.
27. If, as a result of a transfer, a financial asset is derecognized in its entirety but
the transfer results in the entity obtaining a new financial asset or assuming a
new financial liability, or a servicing liability, the entity shall recognize the
new financial asset, financial liability or servicing liability at fair value.
28. On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between:
(a) The carrying amount; and
(b) The sum of (i) the consideration received (including any new asset
obtained less any new liability assumed) and (ii) any cumulative
gain or loss that had been recognized directly in net assets/equity
(see paragraph 64(b));
shall be recognized in surplus or deficit.
29. If the transferred asset is part of a larger financial asset (e.g., when an entity
transfers interest cash flows that are part of a debt instrument, see
paragraph 18(a)) and the part transferred qualifies for derecognition in its
entirety, the previous carrying amount of the larger financial asset shall be
allocated between the part that continues to be recognized and the part that
is derecognized, based on the relative fair values of those parts on the date of
IPSAS 29 1042