Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad Annual Report 2021 160 Our Sustainability Approach About This Report We Are Kenanga Message From Chairman and GMD 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. 3.4 Summary of significant accounting policies (a) Basis of consolidation The consolidated financial statements comprise of the financial statements of the Bank and its subsidiaries as at the reporting date. The financial statements of the subsidiaries used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are prepared for the same reporting date as the Bank and consistent accounting policies are applied for like transactions and events in similar circumstances. The Bank controls an investee if and only if the Bank has all the following: (i) Power over the investee (i.e. existing rights that give it the current ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee); (ii) Exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its investment with the investee; and (iii) The ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns. When the Bank has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, the Bank considers the following in assessing whether or not the Bank's voting rights in an investee are sufficient to give it power over the investee: (i) The size of the Bank's holding of voting rights relative to the size and dispersion of holdings of the other vote holders; (ii) Potential voting rights held by the Bank, other vote holders or other parties; (iii) Rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and (iv) Any additional facts and circumstances that indicate that the Bank has, or does not have, the current ability to direct the relevant activities at the time that decisions need to be made, including voting patterns at previous shareholders' meetings. Notes to the Financial Statements 31 December 2021
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