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@jakobLavrod You can do it in excel but not accounting system fed automatically.

Correct, but as soon as the loan starts being drawn the commitment fees are included in EIR. The question is what EIR if each drawdown would have its own amortised cost.

Hmm, interesting view. How would commitment fees on total facility amount however be captured in EIR in such a case? They ‘beling’ to multiple undrawn tranches.

Thanks Marek. Let me have another question as I've never been quite sure how you would correctly handle this. Corporate and project finance loans usually have an availability period allowing the borrower to draw the loan amount in tranches. Let's say £100m loan is drawable over 1year with indicative...

Many thanks Marek.

Hi Everyone,

It's a first year end for me to disclose interest in associates. Would anybody be able to recommend some company's annual report with good associate disclosures?

Thank you

Hi Everyone, We're about to provide lending to a really big project. Our loans will be drawn on monthly basis priced at 1 months Gilts + industry credit index value for each monthly drawdown. After 6 months the drawdowns will be 'consolidated' into a tranche repriced to 1 month Gilts + industry cred...

No, IPO, change of control, etc. are not liquidation events according to IFRS

Just theoretically, if it wasn't the ''active market' what would be the implications? How would the fair value of such shares be established?

Ultimately, I will not need to worry about fair value changes as far as I can see. Given recent share price performance we'll apparently going to end up with +20% stake indicating the 'equity method'.

But I still need to report my holdings at market price which with a spike can result in massive fair value gain pretty soon, correct?

Hi Everyone, I have the first direct equity investment to be made. The Company is listed and is seeking the additional equity funding issuing ordinary shares. As per the terms we will subscribe for ordinary shares at a price per share being a 5% discount to the 15 day volume weighted average price o...

The arrangement fee won't be reported as a guarantee liability. I will be receiving the regular 6 monthly guarantee fees which present value I will recognise as a guarantee liability in line with IFRS 9.4.2.1 (c). Arrangement fee is a different kind of fee. I've received it upfront and it's not refu...

Hi Everyone, We've just signed a FCG contract where the underlying debt is drawn in tranches over 9 months and then repaid in bullet after 7 years. Our cover follows this, so it grows to the total debt drawn over 9 months period and then stands flat until maturity (assuming no claims of course). The...

No, definitely not. One is an investment in a commodity miner and the price of that mineral is highly volatile.

I meant the existing disclosures for Level 3 investments. Anyway... I didn't specify in my original message that our equity-like investments are convertible preference shares and convertible loan notes. Cost exceptions in IFRS 9.B5.2.3-B5.2.6 seem to relate more to investments in unquoted equity. I'...

Yeap, I could use this reasoning I think. We wouldn't never convert into ordinary shares just for the sake of getting dividends or being shareholders. We would only do it once there's a sizeable upside available, meaning sale to 3rd party, IPO, etc.

Many thanks Marek, really useful comments. What about the disclosure requirements regarding instruments held at fair value, f.e the identification of the key parameters driving valuations and providing the sensitivities for same? Assuming it could be proved cost is the approximation of fair value, w...

Hi Everyone, I've just seen a message from someone claiming that our equity-like investments made since Sep last year won't need to be valued for March year end. This person is saying that his previous employers - which I can see were infrastructure assets managers - "had it written in their va...

Thanks Marek,

What I was thinking is: isn't the fact I can convert into ordinary shares basically any time, say tomorrow, give me 'existing ownership interest' or is equivalent to having 'existing ownership interest'. You're right though, it's a tough judgment to make!

@Leo, What I'm asking for is the judgement to be applied to the fact pattern, namely if my preference shares should be accounted for under equity method as their can be converted at any time and provide returns aligned with ordinary shares or rather should they be treated as a long term interests ac...

Hi, We have invested via convertible preference shares with contractual PIK dividends convertible at our discretion at any time. Shares are non-voting and would give me c. 14% shareholding once converted. We have a Board seat (one of six), Board observer and effective veto rights over many aspects o...

I worked for Maersk in NL and BE. We used Hyperion group wise. Countries were reporting in Hyperion and sending their numbers to regions which consolidated in Hyperion and sent the numbers for final global consolidation at Centre in Copenhagen, again done in Hyperion.

British government is consolidating in a spreadsheet -). At least my parent department does.

Thanks Marek. This is what I was thinking about. Seems like best solution in my circumstances.

Actually, I'm not sure what financial statements I should prepare. I'm falling under the exemption under IAS 27.10 but my Parent would never 'allow' me to prepare the separate financial statements at cost or in line with IFRS 9 whereas they would need to do all the legwork to equity account for my a...

Thanks Kevin. That is the view I've been closest too as well. Not that it helps me however -)I've been hoping I could apply IFRS 9 fair value for these investments given I'm outsourcing fair value valuations. My parent won't allow me to do fair values once they would need to apply equity method.

Hi Everyone, According to IAS 28:17 An entity need not apply the equity method to its investment in an associate or a joint venture if the entity is a parent that is exempt from preparing consolidated financial statements by the scope exception in paragraph 4(a) of IFRS 10 or if all the following ap...

Equity method doesn’t mean the investment needs to be an equity instrument. Significant influence can be evidenced in equity like or even enhanced debt investments. If you have significant influence you may need to apply equity method no matter what instrument your nvestment is. You may need to but ...

You apply split accounting only for compound or hybrid instruments and prefs from your example are neither. It’s a liability in its entirety.