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Sue Lloyd: IFRS 9 and equity investments

Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), discusses IFRS 9 and explains the Board’s thinking behind the requirements for equity instruments in the Standard. 

She discusses the following: 

  • IFRS 9 on long-term investment. 
  • Reporting value changes in profit or loss gives better information about value creation over time. 
  • Recycling can provide a confusing presentation of performance. 
  • Debt investments are different. 
  • Prohibiting recycling avoids complexity related to impairment. 
  • Developing a new impairment model for equity investments is not an easy task. 
  • Prevalence of available for sale equity investments applying IAS 39. 

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