Amendments to hedging relationships

BC6.604 The Phase 2 amendments relating to the hedge accounting requirements in IFRS 9 apply to hedging relationships directly affected by the reform as and when the requirements in paragraphs 6.8.4–6.8.8 of IFRS 9 cease to apply to a hedging relationship (see paragraphs 6.8.9–6.8.13 of IFRS 9). Therefore, an entity is required to amend the hedging relationship to reflect the changes required by the reform as and when the uncertainty arising from the reform is no longer present with respect to the hedged risk or the timing and the amount of interest rate benchmark-based cash flows of the hedged item or of the hedging instrument. The scope of the hedging relationships to which the Phase 2 amendments apply is therefore the same as the scope to which the Phase 1 amendments apply, except for the amendment to the separately identifiable requirement, which also applies to the designation of new hedging relationships (see paragraph 6.9.13 of IFRS 9).

BC6.605 As part of the Phase 1 amendments, the IASB acknowledged that, in most cases, for uncertainty regarding the timing and the amount of interest rate benchmark-based cash flows arising from the reform to be resolved, the underlying financial instruments designated in the hedging relationship would have to be changed to specify the timing and the amount of alternative benchmark rate-based cash flows.