International Accounting Standards Board: Developments in IFRS

Michael Stewart, Liz Figgie, Leo Piombino and Patrick Le Flao give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the July 2013 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Classification of a financial instrument that is mandatorily convertible into a variable number of shares (subject to a cap and a floor) but gives the issuer the option to settle by delivering the maximum (fixed) number of shares, IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Classification of a financial instrument that is mandatorily convertible into a variable number of shares upon a contingent ‘non-viability’ event, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Actuarial assumptions—Discount rate, IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures—Applicability of the amendments to IFRS 7 to condensed interim financial statements and IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Transitional provisions in respect of impairment, foreign exchange and borrowing costs.