Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust
Annual Report 2013
indefinite period of time, which may
be sold in response to needs for
liquidity or changes in exchange
rates, equity prices or other market
rates. All regular way purchases
and sales of investment securities
are recognised at trade date, which
is the date that the entity commits to
purchase or sell the asset.
Available-for-sale investments are
initially recognised at fair value
(which includes transaction costs)
and subsequently carried at fair
value. The fair values of quoted
investments in active markets
are based on current bid prices.
If the market for a financial
asset is not active or the asset
is an unlisted security, the Group
establishes fair value by using
valuation techniques. These include
the use of recent arm’s length
transactions, discounted cash flow
analysis, option pricing models
and other valuation techniques
commonly used by market
participants.
Unrealised gains and losses arising
from changes in the fair value of
securities classified as available-
for-sale which are not part of a
hedging relationship are recognised
in comprehensive income. When
the securities are disposed of or
impaired, the related accumulated
fair value adjustments are included
in the consolidated statement of
income as gains or losses from
investment securities. Dividends
declared are included in dividend
income.
Changes in the fair value of
monetary securities denominated in
a foreign currency and classified
as available-for-sale are analysed
between translation differences
resulting from changes in amortised
cost of the security and other
changes in the carrying amount
of the security. The translation
differences on monetary securities
are recognised in profit and loss;
translation differences on non-
monetary securities are recognised
in comprehensive income. Changes
in the fair value of monetary and
non-monetary securities classified
as available-for-sale are recognised
in comprehensive income.
Impairment of Financial
Assets
(a) Assets carried at amortised cost
The Group assesses at each
reporting date whether there is
objective evidence that a financial
asset or group of financial assets
is impaired. A financial asset or a
group of financial assets is impaired
and impairment losses are incurred
only if there is objective evidence
of impairment as a result of one
or more events that occurred after
the initial recognition of the asset
(a “loss event”) and that loss event
(or events) has an impact on the
estimated future cash flows of the
financial asset or group of financial
assets that can be reliably estimated.
The criteria that the Group uses
to determine that there is objective
evidence of an impairment include:
i) Delinquency in contractual
payments of principal or
return;
ii) Cash flow difficulties
experienced by the borrower
(for example, equity ratio,
net income percentage of
sales);
iii) Breach of loan covenants or
conditions;
iv) Initiation of bankruptcy
proceedings;
v) Deterioration of the
borrower’s competitive
position;
vi) Deterioration in the value of
collateral; and
vii) Downgrading below
investment grade level.
The Group first assesses whether
objective evidence of impairment
exists individually for financial
assets that are individually
significant, and individually or
collectively for financial assets that
are not individually significant. If the
Group determines that no objective
evidence of impairment exists for
an individually assessed financial
asset, whether significant or not,
it includes the asset in a group of
financial assets with similar credit
risk characteristics and collectively
assesses them for impairment.
Assets that are individually
assessed for impairment and for
which an impairment loss is or
continues to be recognised are not
included in a collective assessment
of impairment.
The amount of the loss is measured
as the difference between the asset’s
carrying amount and the present
value of estimated future cash flows
(excluding future credit losses that
have not been incurred) discounted
at the financial asset’s original
effective profit rate. The carrying
amount of the asset is reduced
through the use of an allowance
account and the amount of the loss
is recognised in the consolidated
statement of income. If a loan or
held-to-maturity investment has a
variable profit rate, the discount rate
for measuring any impairment loss
is the current effective profit rate
determined under the contract. As a
practical expedient, the Group may
measure impairment on the basis of
an instrument’s fair value using an
observable market price.
The calculation of the present value
of the estimated future cash flows of a
collateralised financial asset reflects
the cash flows that may result from
foreclosure less costs for obtaining
and selling the collateral, whether or
not foreclosure is probable.
For the purposes of a collective
evaluation of impairment, financial
assets are grouped on the basis
of similar credit risk characteristics
(i.e, on the basis of the Group’s
grading process that considers
asset type, industry, geographical
location, collateral type, past-due
status and other relevant factors).
Those characteristics are relevant to
the estimation of future cash flows
for groups of such assets by being
indicative of the debtors’ ability to
pay all amounts due according to
the contractual terms of the assets
being evaluated.
Future cash flows in a group of
financial assets that are collectively
evaluated for impairment are
estimated on the basis of the
contractual cash flows of the assets
in the Group and historical loss
experience for assets with credit
risk characteristics similar to
those in the Group. Historical loss
experience is adjusted on the basis
of current observable data to reflect
the effects of current conditions that
