Treatment of changes in fair value
BC8
The Board decided that if venture capital organisations, mutual funds, unit trusts and similar
entities are to be excluded from
the scope of IAS 31, it should be only when they recognise
changes in the fair value of their interests in joint ventures in profit or loss in the period in which
those changes occur. This is to achieve the same treatment as for investments in subsidiarie
s or
associates that are not consolidated or accounted for using the equity method because control
or significant influence is intended to be temporary. The Board’s approach distinguishes
between accounting for the investment and accounting for the economi
c entity. In relation to the
former, the Board decided that there should be consistency in the treatment of all investments,
including changes in the fair value of these investments.