Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2020
(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)
Based on Article 18.1 of the AOA, the Board of Governors shall determine at least annually what part of the net income of the Bank shall be allocated, after making provision for reserves, to retained earnings or other purposes and what part, if any, shall be distributed to the members.
Retained earnings as at June 30, 2020 are USD748.87 million (Dec. 31, 2019: USD658.16 million). For the six months ended June 30, 2020, USD4.24 million (for the six months ended June 30, 2019: USD37.08 million) of retained earnings has been transferred to the reserve for accretion of the paid-in capital receivables.
No dividends were declared during the reporting period.
C19 | Unconsolidated structured entity |
Two Special Funds established and administered by the Bank based on Article 17.1 of the AOA are unconsolidated structured entities for accounting purposes. Consistent with Article 10 of the Bank’s AOA, the resources of the Special Funds shall at all times and in all respects be held, used, committed, invested or otherwise disposed of entirely separately from the Bank’s ordinary resources.
The objective of the Project Preparation Special Fund is to support and facilitate preparatory activities during the preparation and early implementation of projects, on a grant basis, for the benefit of one or more members of the Bank that, at the time when the decision to extend the grant is made by the Bank, are classified as recipients of financing from the International Development Association (IDA), and other members of the Bank with substantial development needs and capacity constraints.
The resources of the Project Preparation Special Fund consist of: (a) amounts accepted from any member of the Bank, any of its political or administrative sub-divisions, or any entity under the control of the member or such sub-divisions or any other country, entity or person approved by the President may become a contributor to the Special Funds; (b) income derived from investment of the resources of the Special Funds; and (c) funds reimbursed to the Special Funds, if any.
The purpose of the Special Fund Window under COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility (Special Fund Window) is to reduce the burden of AIIB’s lower-income members seeking financing under the Crisis Recovery Facility (CRF).
The resources of the Special Fund Window, which include amounts transferred by the Bank from its Project Preparation Special Fund, shall be used, on a grant basis, to buy down the interest due under sovereign-backed financings under the CRF (except for policy-based financings) to, or guaranteed by, eligible Bank members. Eligible Bank members are those that, at the time the decision to extend the relevant CRF financing is made, are eligible to receive financing from IDA and are determined as IDA-only.
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