BdB: Alternative Proposal on IAS 39

11 March 2003

At the hearings in Brussels, Italian, French and German banking representatives renewed their criticism of the rules on IAS 39 on tracking hedging relationships and cleared the way for the IASB to seek a compromise.

The hedge accounting rules were criticised in the comments submitted among other by banks, industry representatives, and analysts, because they ignore the modern risk management methods used in practice and thus seriously distort financial statements. German representatives pointed out that in its present version IAS 39 causes income statement and capital volatility which does not exist economically.

The IASB representatives were receptive to the proposal outlined by the banking industry.

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