Continuous assessment
[Refer:
paragraph 8
Basis for Conclusions paragraphs BC124 and BC149–BC153]
B80
An investor shall reassess whether it controls an investee if facts and
circumstances indicate that there are changes to one or more of the three
elements of control listed in paragraph 7.
B81
If there is a change in how power over an investee can be exercised, that change
must be reflected in how an investor assesses its power over an investee. For
example, changes to decision-making rights can mean that the relevant
activities are no longer directed through voting rights, but instead other
agreements, such as contracts, give another party or parties the current ability
to direct the relevant activities.
B82
An event can cause an investor to gain or lose power over an investee without
the investor being involved in that event. For example, an investor can gain
power over an investee because decision-making rights held by another party or
parties that previously prevented the investor from controlling an investee have
lapsed.
B83
An investor also considers changes affecting its exposure, or rights, to variable
returns from its involvement with an investee. For example, an investor that has
power over an investee can lose control of an investee if the investor ceases to be
entitled to receive returns or to be exposed to obligations, because the investor
would
fail
to
satisfy
paragraph
7(b)
(eg
if
a
contract
to
receive
performance-related fees is terminated).
B84
An investor shall consider whether its assessment that it acts as an agent or a
principal has changed. Changes in the overall relationship between the investor
and other parties can mean that an investor no longer acts as an agent, even
though it has previously acted as an agent, and vice versa.
For example, if
changes to the rights of the investor, or of other parties, occur, the investor shall
reconsider its status as a principal or an agent.
B85
An investor’s initial assessment of control or its status as a principal or an agent
would not change simply because of a change in market conditions (eg a change
in the investee’s returns driven by market conditions), unless the change in
market conditions changes one or more of the three elements of control listed in
paragraph 7 or changes the overall relationship between a principal and an
agent.
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