KENANGA ANNUAL REPORT 2019

133 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 DECEMBER 2019 2. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENT (CONT’D.) 2.2 Standards issued but not yet effective The following are new MFRSs, amended MFRSs and Interpretation Committee’s (“IC”) Interpretation issued by the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (“MASB”) that will be effective for the Group and the Bank in future years. The Group and the Bank intend to adopt the relevant standards when they become effective. Description Effective for annual periods beginning on or after Amendments to MFRS 3: Definition of a Business 1 January 2020 Amendments to MFRS 9, MFRS 139 and MFRS 7: Interest Rate Benchmark Reform 1 January 2020 Amendments to MFRS 101 and MFRS 108: Definition of Material 1 January 2020 MFRS 17: Insurance Contracts 1 January 2021 Amendments to MFRS 10 and MFRS 128: Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture To be announced by MASB The directors expect that the adoption of the above standards will have no material impact on the financial statements in the period of initial application. 3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES 3.1 Basis of preparation The financial statements of the Group and of the Bank have been prepared on a historical cost basis unless otherwise indicated. 3.2 Statement of compliance The financial statements of the Group and of the Bank have been prepared in accordance with Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (“MFRSs”), International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”), and the requirements of the Companies Act, 2016 in Malaysia. 3.3 Functional and presentation currency The financial statements are presented in Ringgit Malaysia (“RM”), which is also the Bank’s functional currency and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand (“RM’000”), unless otherwise stated.