There are three standards on financial instruments: A. IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation which deals with: -the classification of financial instruments between liabilities and equity -presentation of certain compound instruments B. IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures, which revised, simplified and incorporated disclosure requirements previously in IAS 32 Note: IFRS 7 deals with the disclosure of financial instruments in Financial Statements ] C. IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, deals with recognition and measurement of financial assets. Note: IFRS 9 is effective from January 1, 2013 visit: http://www.ifrs-tips.blogspot.com