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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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an entity's risk management strategy and how it is applied to manage risk;
how the entity's hedging activities may affect the amount, timing and uncertainty of its future cash flows; and
the effect that hedge accounting has had on the entity's statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income and statement of changes in equity.
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2067 of 22 November 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (Text with EEA relevance).
Textual Amendments
F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2067 of 22 November 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (Text with EEA relevance).
how each risk arises.
how the entity manages each risk; this includes whether the entity hedges an item in its entirety for all risks or hedges a risk component (or components) of an item and why.
the extent of risk exposures that the entity manages.
the hedging instruments that are used (and how they are used) to hedge risk exposures;
how the entity determines the economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument for the purpose of assessing hedge effectiveness; and
how the entity establishes the hedge ratio and what the sources of hedge ineffectiveness are.
how the entity determined the risk component that is designated as the hedged item (including a description of the nature of the relationship between the risk component and the item as a whole); and
how the risk component relates to the item in its entirety (for example, the designated risk component historically covered on average 80 per cent of the changes in fair value of the item as a whole).]
a profile of the timing of the nominal amount of the hedging instrument; and
if applicable, the average price or rate (for example strike or forward prices etc.) of the hedging instrument.
is exempt from providing the disclosures required by paragraphs 23A and 23B.
shall disclose:
information about what the ultimate risk management strategy is in relation to those hedging relationships;
a description of how it reflects its risk management strategy by using hedge accounting and designating those particular hedging relationships; and
an indication of how frequently the hedging relationships are discontinued and restarted as part of the entity's process in relation to those hedging relationships.
the carrying amount of the hedging instruments (financial assets separately from financial liabilities);
the line item in the statement of financial position that includes the hedging instrument;
the change in fair value of the hedging instrument used as the basis for recognising hedge ineffectiveness for the period; and
the nominal amounts (including quantities such as tonnes or cubic metres) of the hedging instruments.
for fair value hedges:
the carrying amount of the hedged item recognised in the statement of financial position (presenting assets separately from liabilities);
the accumulated amount of fair value hedge adjustments on the hedged item included in the carrying amount of the hedged item recognised in the statement of financial position (presenting assets separately from liabilities);
the line item in the statement of financial position that includes the hedged item;
the change in value of the hedged item used as the basis for recognising hedge ineffectiveness for the period; and
the accumulated amount of fair value hedge adjustments remaining in the statement of financial position for any hedged items that have ceased to be adjusted for hedging gains and losses in accordance with paragraph 6.5.10 of IFRS 9.
for cash flow hedges and hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation:
the change in value of the hedged item used as the basis for recognising hedge ineffectiveness for the period (ie for cash flow hedges the change in value used to determine the recognised hedge ineffectiveness in accordance with paragraph 6.5.11(c) of IFRS 9);
the balances in the cash flow hedge reserve and the foreign currency translation reserve for continuing hedges that are accounted for in accordance with paragraphs 6.5.11 and 6.5.13(a) of IFRS 9; and
the balances remaining in the cash flow hedge reserve and the foreign currency translation reserve from any hedging relationships for which hedge accounting is no longer applied.
for fair value hedges:
hedge ineffectiveness—ie the difference between the hedging gains or losses of the hedging instrument and the hedged item—recognised in profit or loss (or other comprehensive income for hedges of an equity instrument for which an entity has elected to present changes in fair value in other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 5.7.5 of IFRS 9); and
the line item in the statement of comprehensive income that includes the recognised hedge ineffectiveness.
for cash flow hedges and hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation:
hedging gains or losses of the reporting period that were recognised in other comprehensive income;
hedge ineffectiveness recognised in profit or loss;
the line item in the statement of comprehensive income that includes the recognised hedge ineffectiveness;
the amount reclassified from the cash flow hedge reserve or the foreign currency translation reserve into profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment (see IAS 1) (differentiating between amounts for which hedge accounting had previously been used, but for which the hedged future cash flows are no longer expected to occur, and amounts that have been transferred because the hedged item has affected profit or loss);
the line item in the statement of comprehensive income that includes the reclassification adjustment (see IAS 1); and
for hedges of net positions, the hedging gains or losses recognised in a separate line item in the statement of comprehensive income (see paragraph 6.6.4 of IFRS 9).
differentiates, at a minimum, between the amounts that relate to the disclosures in paragraph 24C(b)(i) and (b)(iv) as well as the amounts accounted for in accordance with paragraph 6.5.11(d)(i) and (d)(iii) of IFRS 9;
differentiates between the amounts associated with the time value of options that hedge transaction related hedged items and the amounts associated with the time value of options that hedge time-period related hedged items when an entity accounts for the time value of an option in accordance with paragraph 6.5.15 of IFRS 9; and
differentiates between the amounts associated with forward elements of forward contracts and the foreign currency basis spreads of financial instruments that hedge transaction related hedged items, and the amounts associated with forward elements of forward contracts and the foreign currency basis spreads of financial instruments that hedge time-period related hedged items when an entity accounts for those amounts in accordance with paragraph 6.5.16 of IFRS 9.
for credit derivatives that have been used to manage the credit risk of financial instruments designated as measured at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 6.7.1 of IFRS 9, a reconciliation of each of the nominal amount and the fair value at the beginning and at the end of the period;
the gain or loss recognised in profit or loss on designation of a financial instrument, or a proportion of it, as measured at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 6.7.1 of IFRS 9; and
on discontinuation of measuring a financial instrument, or a proportion of it, at fair value through profit or loss, that financial instrument's fair value that has become the new carrying amount in accordance with paragraph 6.7.4(b) of IFRS 9 and the related nominal or principal amount (except for providing comparative information in accordance with IAS 1, an entity does not need to continue this disclosure in subsequent periods).]
the significant interest rate benchmarks to which the entity’s hedging relationships are exposed;
the extent of the risk exposure the entity manages that is directly affected by the interest rate benchmark reform;
how the entity is managing the process to transition to alternative benchmark rates;
a description of significant assumptions or judgements the entity made in applying these paragraphs (for example, assumptions or judgements about when the uncertainty arising from interest rate benchmark reform is no longer present with respect to the timing and the amount of the interest rate benchmark-based cash flows); and
the nominal amount of the hedging instruments in those hedging relationships.]
Textual Amendments
F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/34 of 15 January 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Accounting Standard 39, International Financial Reporting Standards 7 and 9 (Text with EEA relevance).
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