127 Annual Report 2024 3 MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 3.5 Financial instruments (continued) (iv) Offsetting Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the Statement of Financial Position when, and only when, the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and it intends either to settle them on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. (v) Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and bank deposits. (vi) Derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting The Group holds derivative financial instruments to hedge its foreign currency and interest rate risk exposures. Embedded derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for separately if the host contract is not a financial asset and certain criteria are met. Derivatives are initially measured at fair value and any directly attributable transaction costs are recognised in the Statement of Total Return as incurred. Subsequent to initial recognition, derivatives are measured at fair value, and changes therein are generally recognised in the Statement of Total Return, unless it is designated in a hedge relationship that qualifies for hedge accounting. The Group designates certain derivatives and non-derivative financial instruments as hedging instruments in qualifying hedging relationships. At inception of designated hedging relationships, the Group documents the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge. The Group also documents the economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument, including whether the changes in cash flows of the hedged item and hedging instrument are expected to offset each other. Cash flow hedges The Group designates certain derivatives as hedging instruments to hedge the variability in cash flows associated with highly probable forecast transactions arising from changes in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. When a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedging instrument, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognised in the Statement of Movements in Unitholders’ Funds and accumulated in the hedging reserve. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative that is recognised in the Statement of Movements in Unitholders’ Funds is limited to the cumulative change in fair value of the hedged item, determined on a present value basis, from inception of the hedge. Any ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognised immediately in the Statement of Total Return. For all hedged transactions, the amount accumulated in the hedging reserve is reclassified to the Statement of Total Return in the same period or periods during which the hedged expected future cash flows affect the Statement of Total Return. If the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting or the hedging instrument is sold, expires, is terminated or is exercised, then hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively. When hedge accounting for cash flow hedges is discontinued, the amount that has been accumulated in the hedging reserve remains in unitholders’ funds until it is reclassified to the Statement of Total Return in the same period or periods as the hedged expected future cash flows affect the Statement of Total Return. If the hedged future cash flows are no longer expected to occur, then the amounts that have been accumulated in the hedging reserve are immediately reclassified to the Statement of Total Return.
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