IFRIC guidance on hedges of net investment in foreign operation

19 July 2007

IFRIC has released a draft Interpretation, IFRIC D22, on ‘Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation’. IFRIC D22 clarifies two issues that have arisen on two accounting standards - IAS 21 ‘The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates’ and ‘IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’ - about the accounting for hedging foreign currency risk within a company and its foreign operations.

The IFRIC proposal clarifies what qualifies as a risk in the hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation and where within a group the instrument that offsets that risk may be held. IFRIC D22 would be applied prospectively, that is, for all future transactions. Deadline for comments is 19 October 2007.

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