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AfrAsia Bank Limited and its Group Entities
Annual Report 2015
page 191
noteS to the finanCial StatementS
for the year ended 30 June 2015
1. CORPORATE INFORMATION
AfrAsia Bank Limited (‘the Bank’) is a public company incorporated and domiciled in the Republic of Mauritius. The principal activity of the Bank and those of its group
entities (‘the Group’) is the provision of financial services in the Indian Ocean Region. Its registered office is at 10 Dr Ferrière Street, Port Louis, Mauritius.
The financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2015 were authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 24 September 2015.
2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
2.1 Basis of preparation
The financial statements of the Group and the Bank (‘the Group’) have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for available-for-sale investments, financial
assets held-for-trading and derivative financial instruments, all of which have been measured at fair value. The financial statements are presented in Mauritian Rupees
(‘MUR’) and all values are rounded to the nearest rupee except when otherwise indicated.
Statement of compliance
The financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) as issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board (‘IASB’), the Companies Act 2001 and the Guidelines and Guidance Notes issued by Bank of Mauritius.
Presentation of financial statements
The Group present their statements of financial position broadly in order of liquidity. An analysis regarding recovery or settlement within 12 months after the reporting
date (current) and more than 12 months after the reporting date (non-current) is presented in Note 35.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the statements of financial position only when there is a legally enforceable right to
offset the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.
Income and expense will not be offset in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income unless required or permitted by any accounting standard or
interpretation, as specifically disclosed in the accounting policies.
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Group as at 30 June 2015. Control is achieved when the Group is exposed, or has rights,
to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee.
Specifically, the Group controls an investee if and only if the Group has:
(i) Power over the investee (i.e. existing rights that give it the current ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee);
(ii) Exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and
(iii) The ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns.
When the Group has less than a majority of the voting or similar rights of an investee, the Group considers all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether
it has power over an investee, including:
(i) The contractual arrangement with the other vote holders of the investee;
(ii) Rights arising from other contractual arrangements;
(iii) The Group’s voting rights and potential voting rights; and
(iv) A combination of (i) – (iii).
The Group re-assesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes to one or more of the three elements of control.
Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Group obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the Group loses control of the subsidiary. Assets, liabilities,
income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income from the
date the Group gains control until the date the Group ceases to control the subsidiary.