ECCB 2016/2017 Annual Report

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ECCB ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(expressed in Eastern Caribbean dollars) Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Notes to the Financial Statements March 31, 2017 (expressed in Eastern Caribbean dollars) 2. Summary of significant accounting policies …continued a) Basis of preparation ...continued

March 31, 2017

New, revised and amended standards and interpretations issued but not yet effective Certain new standards, amendments and interpretations of existing standards have been issued which are not yet effective for the current financial year and which the Bank has not early adopted. The Bank is currently assessing the impact of adopting these standards, amendments and interpretations and has determined that the following may be relevant to its operations:  Amendments to IAS 7, ‘ Statement of cash flows ’ (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017). These amendments to IAS 7 introduce an additional disclosure that will enable users of financial statements to evaluate changes in liabilities arising from financing activities. The amendment is part of the IASB’s Disclosure Initiative, which continues to explore how financial statement disclosure can be improved.  IFRS 9, ‘Financial Instruments’ (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018). In July 2015, the IASB issued IFRS 9 which is the comprehensive standard to replace IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’, and includes requirements for classification and measurement of financial assets and liabilities, impairment of financial assets and hedge accounting. Most of the requirements in IAS 39 for classification and measurement of financial liabilities were carried forward unchanged to IFRS 9. The key change is that an entity will be required to present the effects of changes in own credit risk of financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss in other comprehensive income. Financial assets are required to be classified into three measurement categories: those to be measured subsequently at amortised cost, those to be measured subsequently at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) and those to be measured subsequently at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL). Classification for debt instruments is driven by the entity’s business model for managing the financial assets and whether the contractual cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest (SPPI). If a debt instrument is held to collect the asset’s cash flows, it may be carried at amortised cost if it also meets the SPPI requirement. Debt instruments that meet the SPPI requirement that are held in a portfolio where an entity bo th holds to collect assets’ cash flows and sells assets may be classified as FVOCI. Financial assets that do not contain cash flows that are SPPI must be measured at FVPL (for example, derivatives). Embedded derivatives are no longer separated from financial assets but will be included in assessing the SPPI condition. Investments in equity instruments are always measured at fair value. However, management can make an irrevocable election to present changes in fair value in other comprehensive income, provided the instrument is not held for trading. If the equity instrument is held for trading, changes in fair value are presented in profit or loss.

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