Equity Method versus Cost Influence"
Chapter 2 explained the concepts of "significant influence" and associate". Significant influence is the power to participate in, but not govern, the financial and operating decisions of an investee. An investor of an associate is not a "parent" as defined by IAS 27 Cansolidated and Separate Financial Statements. In IAS 27, a parent is an ent that "controls" another entity i,e. subsidiary) The party that has significant influence over an "associate" is simply referred to as an investor in LAS 28 Investment in Associates, As with accounting for investments in subsidiaries, accounting for investments in associates differs with respect to the different levels of financial statements presented as shown in Table 5.1.