Measurement of insurance contracts

Last update 19/12/2019 Measurement of insurance contracts The carrying amount of a group of insurance contracts at the end of each reporting period isthe sum of the liability for remaining coverage and the liability for incurred claims. At the end of each reporting period the liability for remaining coverage and the liability for incurred claims … Read more

Measurement of Expected Credit Losses

Last update 18/11/2019 Measurement of Expected Credit Losses does not have to be difficult, certainly in a normal business operation. For financial institutions (insurance and banks) such measurement will be more complicated, but in these industries big data technologies provide a very useful tool. The basis for an Estimate of Expected Credit Losses is an … Read more

Measurement of equity

Last update 13/09/2019 The total carrying amount of equity (total equity) is not measured directly. It equals the total of the carrying amounts of all recognised assets less the total of the carrying amounts of all recognised liabilities. Because general purpose financial statements are not designed to show an entity’s value, the total carrying amount … Read more

Measurement of contracts with participation features

Last update 17/12/2019 Measurement of contracts with participation features – Entities that issue participating contracts (referred to in the standard as contracts with participation features) provide policyholders with a financial return on the premiums they pay by sharing the performance of underlying items with policyholders. Participating contracts can include cash flows with different characteristics, for … Read more

Measurement of Building held for sale

Last update 14/12/2019 This is a case for the measurement of building held for sale under IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. Topics hide The case The analysis Other topics regarding held for sale: Available for immediate sale Sale highly probable Extension of the period required to complete a sale Related … Read more

Measurement information avoid perverse effects

Last update 25/11/2019 Measurement information avoid perverse effects is a dilemma, focus on fair value but how accurate and ‘manageable’. Pressure to achieve certain results. In assessing the probable and actual effects of measurement information: Measurement information avoid perverse effects it is its impact on behaviour that counts; and Measurement information avoid perverse effects how … Read more

Measurement choices for recording transactions

Last update 13/09/2019 The measurement bases that will be considered here are: Historical cost measurement; Current value measurements, consisting off: Fair value measurement; Current costs measurement (also known as deprival value or value to the business); Realisable value measurement; and Value in use measurement. All these bases are forms of accrual accounting – that is, … Read more

Matrix pricing bonds

Last update 26/11/2019 Matrix pricing of bonds is an estimation technique used to estimate the market price of securities that are not actively traded. Matrix pricing is primarily used in fixed income, to estimate the price of bonds that do not have an active market. The price of the bond is estimated by comparing it … Read more

Market consistent measurement of options and guarantees

Last update 18/12/2019 Market consistent measurement of options and guarantees – IFRS 17 will require stochastic modelling of financial options and guarantees (such as a guaranteed maturity value), which might not be a common practice in certain territories, as discussed in ‘Example – Stochastic and deterministic modelling‘. Options and guarantees should be recognised and measured … Read more

Market Bubbles

Last update 22/12/2019 Market Bubbles- During the Internet bubble, managers and investors lost sight of what drove return on invested capital; indeed, many forgot the importance of this ratio entirely. When Netscape Communications went public in 1995, the company saw its market capitalization soar to $6 billion on an annual revenue base of just $85 … Read more