BARBADOS PUBLIC WORKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LIMITED
NON-CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2016
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BARBADOS PUBLIC WORKERS' CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LIMITED
Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
For the year ended March 31, 2016
(Expressed in Barbados dollars)
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13. Pension Plan Asset,
continued
f)
The amounts recognised in the statement of other comprehensive income are as follows:
2016
2015
Remeasurement (gain) loss on obligation
$
(296,255)
(947,709)
Remeasurement loss on plan assets
585,973
243,201
$
289,718
(704,508)
g)
Principal actuarial assumptions at the reporting date (expressed as weighted averages):
2016
2015
Discount rate at end of year
7.75%
7.75%
Expected return on plan assets at end of year
n/a
n/a
Future salary increases
6.75%
6.75%
Future pension increases
1.75%
1.75%
Future changes in NIS ceiling
4.25%
4.25%
Proportion of employees opting for early retirement
0.00%
0.00%
Termination of active members
0.00%
0.00%
Future expenses
0.00%
0.00%
At March 31, 2016, the weighed-average duration of the defined benefit obligation was 22.80
years.
h)
Sensitivity analysis on projected benefit obligation:
Reasonably possible changes at the reporting date to one of the relevant actuarial assumptions,
holding other assumptions constant, would have affected the defined benefit obligation by the
amounts shown below:
Increase
Decrease
Discount rate (1% movement)
(1,717,595)
2,308,263
Future salary growth (0.5% movement)
913,769
(832,508)
As mortality continues to improve, estimates of life expectancy are expected to increase. The
effect on the projected benefit obligation of an increase of one year in the life expectancy is
approximately $184,561.
