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Financial assets and financial liabilities










                   Example 2



                   Compound instrument


                   On 1 January 20X5 a 5% convertible loan note is issued for $5,000.  The loan
                   is repayable after three years for cash of $5,000 or may be converted to
                   equity.  The market rate for loans with no conversion option is 8%.


                   Discount factors are as follows:
                       Year           Discount          Discount
                                       factor at        factor at
                                         5%                8%
                         1               0.95             0.93

                         2               0.91             0.86
                         3               0.86             0.79

                   Required:

                   (i)   Split the loan at inception between equity and liability

                   (ii)  Show extracts from the financial statements for the year ended
                         31 December 20X5.


































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