Discuss planning with KPMG for the full year 2015 audit
The Committee welcomed KPMG staff to discuss the service delivery plan and timing for the FY 2015 audit.
KPMG reminded the Committee that financial reporting for all of 2015 has been under IFRS. Most importantly, no significant issues have been identified.
For the FY 2015 audit, KPMG plans to complete a hard-close (covering the first 10 months of the year) and confirmation of large balances by the third week of December. The final audit will start just after January 1st after seeing the trial balance for the last two months’ activity.
Mr. Offair asked KPMG to spend enough time for interim audit and should review the internal audit & compliance reports. Hence plan their audit accordingly which might affect their test of details.
KPMG advised that they may be testing impairment – or at least evaluating assumptions - of MSR again this year due to the size of the asset.