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IASB Completes Guidance on Interest Rate Benchmarks for Post-LIBOR World

The International Accounting Standards Board rate-rigging scandal which was first revealed in 2012 They did so through the use of online chat rooms supposed to be phased out in 2021
  • * changes to contractual cash flows—a company will not have to derecognize or adjust the carrying amount of financial instruments for changes required by the reform, but will instead update the effective interest rate to reflect the change to the alternative benchmark rate;
  • * hedge accounting—a company will not have to discontinue its hedge accounting solely because it makes changes required by the reform, if the hedge meets other hedge accounting criteria; and
  • * disclosures—a company will be required to disclose information about new risks arising from the reform and how it manages the transition to alternative benchmark rates.

These amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2021, with early adoption permitted.