Non-Consolidated Annual Report 2017

BARBADOS PUBLIC WORKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LIMITED | NON-CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2017 30 BARBADOS PUBLIC WORKERS' CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LIMITED Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements For the year ended March 31, 2017 (Expressed in Barbados dollars) 15 2. Accounting Policies, continued (c) Summary of significant accounting policies, continued d) Financial instruments Non-derivative financial assets - Classification The classification of financial instruments at initial recognition depends on the purpose and management’s intention for which the financial instruments were acquired and their characteristics. All financial instruments are measured initially at cost being their fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to its acquisition or issue. The Credit Union classifies non-derivative financial instruments into the following categories: held– to-maturity financial assets, available-for-sale financial assets and loans and receivables. The Credit Union classifies non-derivative financial liabilities into the other financial liabilities category. Non-derivative financial assets – Recognition and derecognition The Credit Union initially recognises loans and advances, deposits and loans payable on the date that they are originated. All other financial assets and liabilities are initially recognised on the trade date, i.e., the date that the Credit Union becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. The Credit Union derecognises a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows in a transaction in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred. Any interest in such transferred financial assets that is created or retained by the Credit Union is recognised as a separate asset or liability. Non-derivative financial assets – Measurement Held-to-maturity financial investments Held-to-maturity financial investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturities, which the Credit Union has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity. After initial measurement, held-to-maturity financial investments are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method (EIR), less any impairment losses. Amortised cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees that are an integral part of the EIR. The Credit Union has reported government securities which have all been classified under the held-to-maturity classification. Impairment losses are reported as a deduction from the carrying value of the investment (through an allowance account) or investment balance. The amount recorded for impairment is the cumulative loss measured as the difference between the amortised cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that investment previously recognised in the statement of income.