A.5 ASC 321, Investments — Equity Securities
ASC 321-10
50-2B To the extent that the disclosure
requirements in this Subtopic achieve the fair value disclosure
requirements described in Section 820-10-50 on disclosing fair
value measurement, an entity need not duplicate the related fair
value disclosure.
50-3 An
entity that applies the guidance in paragraph 321-10-35-2 for
equity securities without readily determinable fair values shall
disclose all of the following:
- The carrying amount of investments without readily determinable fair values
- The amount of impairments and downward adjustments, if any, both annual and cumulative
- The amount of upward adjustments, if any, both annual and cumulative
- As of the date of the most recent statement of financial position, additional information (in narrative form) that is sufficient to permit financial statement users to understand the quantitative disclosures and the information that the entity considered in reaching the carrying amounts and upward or downward adjustments resulting from observable price changes.
Note that the adjustments referred to in ASC 321-10-50-3(b) and (c), as
well as the narrative disclosure referred to in ASC 321-10-50-3(d), are based on fair
value measurements. See Sections
2.3.2.1.2 and 2.3.2.2.3 for more information.