2006-01-10

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Bank of Zambia Prudential Guidelines on the Application of International Financial Reporting Standards

The Bank of Zambia has issued prudential guidelines requiring all commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) within the existing regulatory framework. The guidelines disallow optional first-time adoption exemptions and restrict the fair value option to instruments meeting strict risk management and valuation criteria, while mandating that unrealized gains on designated fair value assets be excluded from regulatory capital calculations. Furthermore, the Bank specifies prudential treatments for impairment provisioning, non-accrual loans, cash flow hedges, and available-for-sale assets to ensure consistent capital measurement and mitigate accounting volatility.

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