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New accounting pronouncements
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Note 2 – New accounting pronouncements

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-14, Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40): Classification of Certain Government-Guaranteed Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure (“ASU 2014-14”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-14 in August 2014, which intends to resolve the diversity in practice related to how creditors classify government-guaranteed mortgage loans, including FHA or VA guaranteed loans, upon foreclosure. Some creditors reclassify those loans to real estate consistent with other foreclosed loans that do not have guarantees; others reclassify the loans to receivables. This ASU address the classification of certain foreclosed mortgage loans held by creditors that are either fully or partially guaranteed under government programs.

The amendments of the ASU require that a mortgage loan be derecognized and that a separate other receivable be recognized upon foreclosure if the following conditions are met:

  • The loan has a government guarantee that is not separable from the loan before foreclosure.
  • At the time of foreclosure, the creditor has the intent to convey the real estate property to the guarantor and make a claim on the guarantee, and the creditor has the ability to recover under that claim.
  • At the time of foreclosure, any amount of the claim that is determined on the basis of the fair value of the real estate is fixed.

Upon foreclosure, the separate other receivable should be measured based on the amount of the loan balance expected to be recovered from the guarantor.

The amendments in the ASU are effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning in the first quarter of 2015. The amendments of this ASU can be applied using either a prospective transition method or a modified retrospective transition method. For prospective transition, an entity should apply the amendments in this Update to foreclosures that occur after the date of adoption. For modified retrospective transition, an entity should apply the amendments in this Update by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the beginning of the annual period of adoption. Prior periods should not be adjusted. However, a reporting entity must apply the same method of transition as elected under ASU 2014-04.

The Corporation does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-13, Consolidation (Topic 810): Measuring the Financial Assets and the Financial Liabilities of a Consolidated Collateralized Financial Entity (“ASU 2014-13”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-13 in August 2014, which intends to clarify that when a reporting entity that consolidates a collateralized financing entity may elect to measure the financial assets and the financial liabilities of that collateralized financing entity using either the measurement alternative included in this Update or Topic 820 on fair value measurement. When the measurement alternative is not elected, the amendments of this Update clarify that the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial liabilities of the consolidated collateralized financing entity should be measured using the requirements of Topic 820 and any differences in the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial liabilities of that entity should be reflected in earnings and attributed to the reporting entity in the consolidated statement of income.

When a reporting entity elects the measurement alternative included in this Update for a collateralized financing entity, the reporting entity should measure both the financial assets and the financial liabilities of that entity in its consolidated financial statements using the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial liabilities.

The amendments in the ASU are effective in the first quarter of 2016. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period. The amendments of this ASU can be applied using a modified retrospective approach by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity as of the beginning of the annual period of adoption. A reporting entity also may apply the amendments retrospectively to all relevant prior periods beginning with the annual period in which the amendments of ASU 2009-17 were initially adopted.

The Corporation does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-12, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period (“ASU 2014-12”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-12 in June 2014, which intends to resolve the diverse accounting treatment of awards with a performance target that could be achieved after an employee completes the requisite service period. That is, the employee would be eligible to vest in the award regardless of whether the employee is rendering service on the date the performance target is achieved.

The amendments of the ASU require that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award.

Compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance target will be achieved and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the periods for which the requisite service has already been rendered. If the performance target becomes probable of being achieved before the end of the requisite service period, the remaining unrecognized compensation cost should be recognized prospectively over the remaining requisite service period.

The amendments in the ASU are effective in the first quarter of 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments of this ASU can be applied (a) prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date or (b) retrospectively to all awards with performance targets outstanding at the beginning of the period of adoption and to all new or modified awards thereafter.

The Corporation does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-11, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860) Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures (“ASU 2014-11”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-11 in June 2014, which requires two accounting changes. First, the amendments in this Update change the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting. Second, for repurchase financing arrangements, the amendments require separate accounting for a transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty, which will result in secured borrowing accounting for the repurchase agreement.

The amendments in this Update require disclosures for certain transactions comprising (1) a transfer of a financial asset accounted for as a sale and (2) an agreement with the same transferee entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer that results in the transferor retaining substantially all of the exposure to the economic return on the transferred financial asset throughout the term of the transaction.

The accounting changes in this ASU are effective in the first quarter of 2015. Early application is prohibited. An entity is required to present changes in accounting for transactions outstanding on the effective date as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption.

The Corporation does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606); (“ASU 2014-09”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-09 in May 2014, which clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue and develop a common revenue standard that would (1) remove inconsistencies and weaknesses in revenue requirements, (2) provide a more robust framework for addressing revenue issues, (3) improve comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets, (4) provide more useful information to users of financial statement through improved disclosure requirements and (5) simplify the preparation of financial statements by reducing the number of requirements to which an entity must refer. ASU 2014-09 amends the ASC Codification and creates a new Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

In addition, the new guidance requires disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. Qualitative and quantitative information is required about contract with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the cost to obtain or fulfill a contract.

The amendments in this ASU are effective in the first quarter of 2017. Early adoption is not permitted.

The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on the presentation and disclosures in its consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposal of Components of an Entity (“ASU 2014-08”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-08 in April 2014, which changes the criteria for reporting discontinued operations while enhancing disclosures in this area. Under the new guidance, only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations should be presented as discontinued operations. Those strategic shifts should have a major effect on the organization's operations and financial results. Examples include a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business, or a major equity investment.

In addition, the new guidance requires expanded disclosures about discontinued operations that will include more information about the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of discontinued operations.

The new guidance also requires disclosure of the pre-tax income attributable to a disposal of a significant part of an organization that does not qualify for discontinued operations reporting. This disclosure will provide information about the ongoing trends in the reporting organization's results from continuing operations.

The amendments in the ASU are effective in the first quarter of 2015. Early adoption is permitted.

The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on the presentation and disclosures in its consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-04, Receivables-Troubled Debt Restructuring by Creditors (SubTopic 310-40): Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure (“ASU 2014-04”)

The FASB issued ASU 2014-04 in January 2014 which clarifies when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of a residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the loan should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized.

The amendments of this ASU clarify that an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan, upon either: a) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure; or b) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement.

The amendment of this guidance requires interim and annual disclosures of both the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction.

ASU 2014-04 is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2014. The amendments in this ASU can be elected using either a modified retrospective transition method or a prospective transition method. Early adoption is permitted.

The Corporation does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (“ASU 2013-11”)

The FASB issued ASU 2013-11 in July 2013 which requires that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. When a net operating loss, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position, or the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purposes, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. The assessment of whether a deferred tax asset is available is based on the unrecognized tax benefit and deferred tax asset that exist at the reporting date and should be made presuming disallowance of the tax position at the reporting date. Currently, there is no explicit guidance under U.S. GAAP on the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The amendment of this guidance does not require new recurring disclosures.

ASU 2013-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013.

The Corporation adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2014 and it did not have a material effect on the Corporation's consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent's Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment Upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (“ASU 2013-05”)

The FASB issued ASU 2013-05 in March 2013 which clarifies the applicable guidance for the release of the cumulative translation adjustment. When a reporting entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business within a foreign entity, the parent is required to apply the guidance in ASC subtopic 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets has resided.

For an equity method investment that is a foreign entity, the partial sale guidance in ASC Section 830-30-40 still applies. As such, a pro rata portion of the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income upon a partial sale of such equity method investment. However, this treatment does not apply to an equity method investment that is not a foreign entity. In those instances, the cumulative translation adjustment is released into net income only if the partial sale represents a complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity that contains the equity method investment.

Additionally, the amendments in this ASU clarify that the sale of an investment in a foreign entity includes both: (1) events that result in the loss of a controlling financial interest in a foreign entity and (2) events that result in an acquirer obtaining control of an acquiree in which it held an equity interest immediately before the acquisition date. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income upon the occurrence of those events.

ASU 2013-05 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after December 15, 2013. The amendments should be applied prospectively to derecognition events occurring after the effective date. Prior periods should not be adjusted.

The Corporation adopted this guidance on the first quarter of 2014 and recognized a loss of approximately $7.7 million resulting from the reclassification from other comprehensive loss into earnings of the cumulative foreign translation adjustment related to the dilution on its equity investment in BHD. Refer to note 15 for additional information.