Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2023
(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 Dec. 31, 2023 are USD2,096.19 million (Dec. 31, 2022: USD1,065.55 million). For the year ended Dec. 31, 2023, USD1.27 million (for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022: USD2.36 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 entities |
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 Project Preparation Special Fund
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 full cost of administering the Project Preparation Special Fund is charged to the Project Preparation Special Fund. The Bank charges an administration fee equal to 1% of any contribution, and the Project Preparation Special Fund bears all expenses appertaining directly to operations financed from the resources of the Project Preparation Special Fund.
As at Dec. 31, 2023, the Project Preparation Special Fund has aggregate contributions received amounted to USD128 million (Dec. 31, 2022: USD128 million). For the year ended Dec. 31, 2023, fees recognized as income amounted to USD0.13 million (for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022: USD0.25 million) (Note C2). As at Dec. 31, 2023, deferred administration fees recognized as other liabilities amounted to USD0.17 million (Dec. 31, 2022: USD0.30 million) (Note C15).
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