LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter you will be able to get a grasp of the following:
- Meaning of fixed income securities held as “available-for-sale”
- Accounting for available-for-sale—fixed income securities in the light of relevant accounting standards
- Trade life cycle of fixed income security investments held as available-for-sale
- Accounting journal entries to be recorded during the different phases of the trade life cycle
- Illustration of accounting for investments in fixed income securities held as available-for-sale
- Preparation of general ledger accounts
- Preparation of income statement, balance sheet after the bond investments are made
- FX revaluation and FX translation process
- Functional currency, foreign currency and presentation currency
- Distinction between capital gains and currency gains in unrealized gains
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