Course description
IFRS Masterclass for Banks and Other Financial institutions (3 days)
Applying IFRSs presents significant challenges for financial institutions. The accounting requirements for financial instruments also affect the related disclosures. Utilizing a highly interactive format, this course provides a comprehensive overview of the effects that the requirements have on the financial statements of financial institutions.
This three-day program offers invaluable guidance on meeting the requirements of current accounting principles and disclosure requirements. Coverage includes lending and repossessed assets, accounting implications of regulatory requirements, disclosures, and IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement. The complex requirements of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments are discussed and explained. Numerous examples and illustrations are provided, including application of the effective interest method under various scenarios, retained servicing, loan commitments and financial guarantees, loan impairment and restructurings, derivatives and hedging and how IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers applies to financial institutions. Where applicable, IFRSs are contrasted with US GAAP requirements.
The theory and application of the standards is demonstrated with illustrative examples, complemented by application of the standards in an interactive group environment utilizing case studies, model financial statements, and practical exercises.
This course answers questions such as:
- What are the current IFRS reporting requirements for financial institutions? When and how can financial instruments be reclassified?
- What are the accounting requirements for loan losses, repossessed assets, and fee income? How are effective interest rates calculated for various financial instruments?
- What principles apply to the recognition, measurement, impairment, and derecognition of financial instruments?
- How does the guidance in IFRS 9 apply to the ‘expected credit loss model’?
- What are the recognition and measurement principles for investment property?
- What are the significant changes that will result from applying IFRS 9’s hedge accounting?
- How are the disclosure requirements of IFRS 7 applied in practice?
- Which revenue streams in financial institutions does IFRS 15 apply to?
- What are the implications of the application of IFRS 16 Leases on the financial statements of banks and other financial institutions?
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This training course is especially suitable for:
- Financial or management accountants with financial institutions
- Internal and external auditors of financial institutions reporting under IFRSs
- Staff and management of Central Banks, Deposit Insurance Entities, and other agencies with regulatory responsibility in the financial services sector
- Financial analysts seeking to improve their understanding of the accounting and disclosures related to financial instruments
- Professors and other instructors with educational facilities
- First-time adopters of IFRSs, seeking to analyze the options for, and implications of, applying IFRS 9 in their first IFRS financial statements
Outcome / Qualification etc.
After attending this course you will be able to:
- Classify and measure financial assets under IFRS 9’s three categories
- Prepare the quantitative and qualitative disclosures for financial instruments required by IFRS 7
- Calculate impairment of loans and other financial assets under the expected credit loss model in IFRS 9
- Calculate the effective interest rates for various financial instruments common to the financial sector
- Determine the principles in relation to recognition and measurement of investment property in IAS 40
- Differentiate embedded derivatives between those that must be accounted separately and those that do not require separation from their host instruments under IFRS 9
- Apply the hedge accounting requirements
- Determine when IFRS 15 versus IFRS 9 applies to revenue recognition
- Apply the principles in IFRS 16
CPE credits are available for all courses.
Training Course Content
This course is designed to cover the following key topics:
- Applying IASB standards applicable to financial institutions
- Financial Instruments
- o Classification and reclassification of financial instruments under IFRS 9
- o Fair value option
- o Fair value measurement (IFRS 13)
- o Recognition and measurement under IFRS 9
- o Derecognition (including retained servicing and REPOs)
- o Financial guarantees
- o Loan commitments
- Application of the Effective Interest Method
- o Computing the effective interest rate
- o Applying the effective interest method under various scenarios – live illustrations
- Plain vanilla bonds
- Variable rate instruments
- Effect of prepayments
- o Applying the effective interest method after recognition of impairment losses
- Loans Receivable
- o Recognition and measurement
- o Fee income and loan origination costs (IFRS 15 and IFRS 9)
- o Impairment and restructurings
- o Interaction between IAS 21 (foreign currency issues) and IFRS 9
- o Repossessed assets
- Derivatives and Hedging (IAS 39 and IFRS 9)
- o Accounting for derivatives and embedded derivatives
- o Overview of accounting for the three types of hedges (cash flow, fair value, and net investment)
- o Hedge accounting documentation requirements
- o Termination of hedge accounting
- o IFRS 9 hedge accounting updates
- Financial Statements
- o Financial statement presentation (IAS 1, 7 and 8)
- o Review and practical application of IFRS 7 disclosure requirements
- o Capital disclosures required by IAS 1
- o Review of real world and model IFRS financial statements
- Implications of IFRS 16 Leases on the financial statements
- Investment Property (IAS 40) – brief overview
- IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
- o Overview – recognition of:
- Asset management income
- Insurance commissions
- Credit card reward programs
- IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of IFRSs - reliefs from retrospective application
- Current outstanding project
- o Dynamic Risk Management (Macro Hedging) – progress on plan to include definitive requirements in IFRS 9
- o Overview – recognition of:
Why choose IASeminars
We've been training for 20 years.
50% of our business comes from returning clients.
We offer instructor-led training in international locations, over Zoom or in house.
Expenses
The cost of this training course is £2,995 + VAT for UK events and €3,600 + VAT for events in Europe.
In-House Training
In addition to the scheduled dates and locations, IASeminars can also run this course as in-house training, to meet the specific requirements of your team. Contact them here to request a customised training solution for your team.