IFRS on Effective Interest Rate

Effective Interest Rate
Effective Interest Rate (EIR) is a new concept to the existing Indian GAAP.
TheEffective Interest Rate (EIR) method is a method of calculating the amortized cost of a financial asset or a financial liability and of allocating the interest income or interest expense over the relevant period.
TheEffective Interest Rate (EIR)use in the allocation process is [...]

BGR Energy: Building the Indian Power Story

Last week I heard a very interesting story which eventually gave me the idea of investing in BGR Energy Systems Ltd. Thought of sharing with you.
Years back when the South African Government opened their country for outsiders to come and do mining for diamonds, entrepreneurs form all over the world rushed to South Africa in [...]

Comparison of IFRS and Indian Accounting Standards

IFRS is a novel way of looking at accounting. IFRS is a “principle-based” standards rather than “rule-based” standard which are currently followed.
Under IFRS there is need to apply professional judgment consistent with intent and spirit of standards.
Various countries have adapted to IFRS in different ways, often embedding local cultures and that is why there are [...]

Currency markets at crucial point….

Markets seem to come out of the consolidation mode and increase in risk appetite saw the US Dollar being sold across the board. Almost all markets closed in the green and all currencies except the JPY saw strength against the greenback. The Dollar index closed below a key support level at 80 before closing 79.83. [...]

Base rate Vs BPLR

Shift from BPLR to Base Rate
Recently with release of RBI circular on Base rate implementation, there has been a lot of debate going on regarding BPLR (benchmark prime lending rate). Here is our beginner’s guide to understand the two rates.
What is BPLR?
BPLR is the reference rate for banks for pricing their loan products. It is [...]

Treatment Of Tangible Assets Under IFRS

Treatment of Property, Plant And Equipment (PPE) under IFRS
First time adoption of IFRS for PPE
An entity can use fair value as deemed cost on First time adoption of IFRS
OR
It has to apply Retrospective application which means recalculate carrying amount of each PPE item according to IFRS since its purchase date including transaction cost, useful [...]

Indian Economy – Review and Analysis, February 2010

Readers, as promised, we have posted the market review for February without delay this time. Month of February witnessed the most important calendar event for Indian economy, the Budget 2010. Our reports on the same would have kept you updated. Hopefully this will update you about its affect on various markets.
Equity

After correcting for most part [...]

Infosys result analysis

Infosys declared its third quarter result today. The results came better than than the street expectations. The sales were around 3% above the Bloomberg consensus estimate, whereas the net profit was around 12% below, which was boosted on account of higher other income.
BSE                    :              INFOSYS
NSE                   :              INFOSYSTCH
Bloomberg     :              INFO IS [...]

IIP Data: November 2009 -Index for Industrial production

The IIP figure for November stood at 11.7%, taking everybody’s breath away. It stunned everybody since the market’s expected figures was hovering around 10%.The same index registered a growth of 2.4% y-o-y in Nov’08 whereas a [...]

Fair Value Accounting in IFRS

To what extent fair value accounting holds good for valuation in IFRS
Significant percentage of the balance sheet would be at Fair Value compared to current practice of carrying at historical cost under IFRS.
Use of Fair value:
At present Fair Value is limited to impairment of assets, measurement of retirement benefits and mark to market accounting of [...]