With the mandatory introduction of IFRS 7 in 2007 and the succession of IAS 30, there are no more bank-specific accounting rules left within extant IFRS. As IFRS 7 is a product-specific accounting standard dealing with the presentation of all types of financial instruments, the new standard will...

There is a considerable degree of heterogeneity in the way how European banks present their financial instruments in IFRS financial statements. We identify three major presentation formats that are currently applied: a presentation by measurement category, by product, and by purpose. We find the...