IFRS 17: Killing Two Birds

Time is ticking for the 450 insurers around the world to comply with the International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) by January 1, 2021 for companies with their financial year starting on January 1. Insurers are at different stages of preparation, ranging...

IFRS 9: Evaluating Changes in Credit Risk

Determining whether an unimpaired asset’s credit risk has meaningfully increased since the asset was initially recognized is one of the most consequential issues banks encounter in complying with IFRS 9. Recall the stakes: The expected credit loss for Stage 1 assets...

IFRS 9: Modeling Challenges

Calculating expected credit losses under IFRS 9 is easy. It requires little more than high school algebra to determine the aggregate present value of future cash flows. But it is not easy to ascertain the key components that are used by the basic equation—regardless...

IFRS 9: Classifying and Staging Financial Assets

Under IFRS 9, Financial Instruments, banks will have to estimate the present value of expected credit losses in a way that reflects not only past events but also current and prospective economic conditions. Clearly, complying with the 160-page standard will require...