IPSAS 41 Financial Instruments Workshop (2 Days)

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IPSAS 41 has proved demanding for public sector entities. The expected credit loss model causes the most difficulty. Organisations still wrestle with financial asset classification and the SPPI assessment. Impairment modelling and staging raise further questions, as do measurement, de-recognition and hedge accounting. Where these judgements remain unresolved, reported figures drift from economic substance. Shasat built this IPSAS 41 Financial Instruments training to tackle those problems directly.

Entities that have adopted the standard now face post-implementation review. Transition-era impairment models often need rework. Teams must revisit PD and LGD assumptions. They also need richer qualitative overlays and scenario weightings that reflect current conditions rather than those at adoption. Entities still preparing to adopt can learn from that experience. The recurring problems are now well documented: impairment modelling, classification decisions and system alignment.

IPSAS 41 follows IFRS 9 closely. Teams reporting under both frameworks will recognise the architecture. But the public sector adds its own complications. Concessionary loans, sovereign exposures and government guarantees all demand judgement. Many portfolios also carry limited historical loss data. This programme addresses each of these. It also covers classification and measurement, the ECL model, hedge accounting and disclosure. Practitioners who build these models lead the sessions. Participants leave able to apply IPSASB requirements with confidence.