ECCB
ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015
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EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK
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Summary of significant accounting policies
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c) New and revised accounting standards and interpretations
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Standards, interpretations and amendments to existing standards effective during the current
year
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IAS 32 - ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation’ (Amendments) - Offsetting Financial Assets
and Financial Liabilities (effective 1 January 2014). The amendments provide application guidance to
address inconsistencies identified in applying some of the offsetting rules. The amendments clarify some of
the requirements for offsetting financial asset and financial liabilities on the statement of financial position.
The amendments do not change the current offsetting model in IAS 32, which requires an entity to offset
a financial asset and financial liability in the statement of financial position only when the entity currently
has a legally enforceable right of set-off and intends either to settle the asset and liability on a net basis or
to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
The amendments clarify the meaning of the phrase ‘currently has a legally enforceable right to set-off’ by
stating that the right of set off must be available today and not be contingent on a future event and must be
legally enforceable in all of the following circumstances: (i) in the normal course of business, (ii) the event
of default and (iii) the event of insolvency or bankruptcy. The amendments also clarify that gross settlement
mechanisms (such as through a clearing house) with features that both (i) eliminate credit and liquidity
risk and (ii) process receivables and payables in a single settlement process, are effectively equivalent to
net settlement; they would therefore satisfy the IAS 32 criterion in these instances. There was no material
impact on the Bank from adoption of the amended standard during the year.
Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27, ‘Investment Entities’ (IFRS 10 - Consolidated Financial
Statements, IFRS 12 – Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities, IAS 27 - Separate Financial Statements)
(effective 1 January 2014). These amendments apply to an investment entity. The amendment to IFRS 10
defines an investment entity and introduces an exemption from consolidation. The amendment to IFRS 12
also introduces disclosures that an investment entity is required to make.
The amendments apply to investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates held by a reporting entity
that meets the definition of an investment entity. The amendment introduced a definition of an investment
entity as an entity that (i) obtains funds from investors for the purpose of providing them with investment
management services, (ii) commits to its investors that its business purpose is to invest funds solely for
capital appreciation or investment income and (iii) measures and evaluates its investments on a fair value
basis. An investment entity is required to account for its subsidiaries at fair value through profit or loss,
and to consolidate only those subsidiaries that provide services that are related to the entity's investment
activities. IFRS 12 was amended to introduce new disclosures, including any significant judgements made
in determining whether an entity is an investment entity and information about financial or other support
to an unconsolidated subsidiary, whether intended or already provided to the subsidiary. There was no
material impact on the Bank from adoption of the amended standards during the year.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(expressed in Eastern Caribbean dollars)
March 31, 2015
