| A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes
party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price and are
subsequently measured as follows: Debt instruments are subsequently measured at
amortised cost and commitments to receive a loan and to make a loan to another
entity are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Where investments in
non-convertible preference shares and non-puttable ordinary shares or preference
shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the
investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value
recognised in profit or loss. All other such investments are subsequently measured at
cost less impairment.
All other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair
value, which is normally the transaction price and are subsequently measured at fair
value, with any changes recognised in profit or loss.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for
objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is
objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss
immediately.
All equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are
individually significant, are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial
assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk
characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent
that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that
exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not
previously been recognised. |