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Supervisory Roles in Loan Loss Provisioning in Countries Implementing IFRS

By Ellen Gaston, In W Song

September 15, 2014

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Ellen Gaston, and In W Song. Supervisory Roles in Loan Loss Provisioning in Countries Implementing IFRS, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 18, 2024
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Summary

Countries implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for loan loss provisioning by banks have been guided by two different approaches: International Accounting Standards (IAS) 39 and Basel standards. This paper discusses the different accounting and regulatory approaches in loan loss provisioning, and the challenges supervisors face when there are different perspectives and lack of guidance from IFRS. It suggests actions that supervisors can take to help banks meet regulatory and capital requirements and, at the same time, comply with accounting principles.

Subject: Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Credit, Credit risk, Financial regulation and supervision, International Financial Reporting Standards, Loan loss provisions, Money

Keywords: Bank, Bank supervisor, Capital adequacy requirements, Credit, Credit loss, Credit risk, Global, IFRS implementation, Impairment loss, International Accounting standard, International Financial Reporting Standards, Loan, Loan loss provisioning, Loan loss provisions, Loss, Loss estimate, Loss recognition, Recognition model, Supervisory role, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    41

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2014/170

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2014170

  • ISBN:

    9781484381120

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941