Inputs to Valuation Techniques (Part 2)International Financial Reporting Standard 13 Fair Value Measurement(IFRS 13) defines fair values and other related principles This article addresses in brief the level 2-3 inputs of valuation techniques. Level 2 inputs Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following: (a) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets. (b) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active. (c) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, for example: (i) interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals; (ii) implied volatilities; and (iii) credit spreads. (d) market-corroborated inputs. Adjustments to Level 2 inputs will vary depending on factors specific to the asset or liability. Those factors include the following: (a) the condition or location of the asset; (b) the extent to which inputs relate to items that are comparable to the asset or liability; and (c) the volume or level of activity in the markets within which the inputs are observed. An adjustment to a Level 2 input that is significant to the entire measurement might result in a fair value measurement categorised within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy if the adjustment uses significant unobservable inputs. Level 3 inputs Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. However, the fair value measurement objective remains the same, ie an exit price at the measurement date from the perspective of a market participant that holds the asset or owes the liability. Therefore, unobservable inputs shall reflect the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Assumptions about risk include the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value (such as a pricing model) and the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. A measurement that does not include an adjustment for risk would not represent a fair value measurement if market participants would include one when pricing the asset or liability. For example, it might be necessary to include a risk adjustment when there is significant measurement uncertainty (eg when there has been a significant decrease in the volume or level of activity when compared with normal market activity for the asset or liability, or similar assets or liabilities, and the entity has determined that the transaction price or quoted price does not represent fair value). An entity shall develop unobservable inputs using the best information available in the circumstances, which might include the entity’s own data. In developing unobservable inputs, an entity may begin with its own data, but it shall adjust those data if reasonably available information indicates that other market participants would use different data or there is something particular to the entity that is not available to other market participants (eg an entity-specific synergy). An entity need not undertake exhaustive efforts to obtain information about market participant assumptions. However, an entity shall take into account all information about market participant assumptions that is reasonably available. Unobservable inputs developed in the manner described above are considered market participant assumptions and meet the objective of a fair value measurement. |
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