• AU-3.1 AU-3.1 Review of Financial Disclosures

    • AU-3.1.1

      Islamic bank licensees that are required to publish financial disclosures in accordance with Chapters PD-2 and PD-3 must arrange for their external auditor to review these prior to their publication.

      Amended: July 2013
      Amended: January 2011
      October 07

    • AU-3.1.2

      Chapter PD-2 requires branches of foreign bank licensees operating as retail banks to publish on semi-annual basis summary information on their balance sheet and profit and loss account, in the same format as their annual audited accounts. Chapter PD-3 requires all locally incorporated Islamic bank licensees to publish quarterly financial statements, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) issued by the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). For products and activities not covered by AAOIFI, International Accounting Standards (IAS) should be followed.

      Amended: April 2020
      Added: October 07

    • AU-3.1.3

      Locally incorporated banks must arrange for their external auditor to review the annual disclosures required in Module PD, Section PD-1.3 and Chapter PD-6, prior to their submission to the CBB or their publication. This review must be in the form of an agreed- upon procedures report (see also PD-A.2.4). The report must be submitted to the CBB within 4 months of the year end of the concerned bank (see also Paragraph BR-1.1.4(c)).

      Amended: July 2017
      Amended: January 2012
      Added: October 2011

    • AU-3.1.4

      Locally incorporated banks must arrange for their external auditor to review the disclosures in the half-yearly financial statements required by Module PD, Paragraph PD-3.1.6 prior to their submission to the CBB or their publication. This review must be in the form of an agreed upon procedure report. This report must be submitted to the CBB within 2 months of the end of the half-year reporting period of the concerned bank (see also Section BR-2.2).

      Amended: January 2016
      Added: October 2011