Financial asset
A financial asset is an asset whose value is dependent on the obligation of another person or entity.
IAS 32 defines a financial asset as an asset that is any of the following:
1. Cash; or
2. An equity instrument of another entity; or
3. A contractual right to: 3.1. Receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or 3.2. Exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the reporting entity; or
4. A contract that will or may be settled in the reporting entity's own equity instruments and is either: 4.1. A non-derivative for which the entity is or may be obliged to receive a variable number of the entity's own equity instruments; or 4.2. A derivative that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity's own equity instruments.
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