(2)On 16 December 2011, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published amendments to International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures –Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities and to International Accounting Standard (IAS) 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation - Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The amendment to IFRS 7 aims to require the provision of additional quantitative information in order to allow the users to better compare and reconcile the disclosures under IFRS and the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) of the United States. In addition, the IASB amended IAS 32 to provide additional guidance to reduce inconsistent application of the standard in practice.