Other financial assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Text block [abstract]

Summary of Other Financial Assets

	2019 $m		2018 $m
Equity securities:
Quoted equity shares		8		8
Unquoted equity shares		125		108
		133		116
Restricted funds:
Shortfall reserve deposit		25		25
Ring-fenced amounts to satisfy insurance claims:
Cash		11		12
Money market funds		16		16
Bank accounts pledged as security		41		40
Other		5		2
		98		95
Trade deposits and loansa		57		50
		288		261
Analysed as:
Current		4		1
Non-current		284		260
		288		261

Schedule of Fair Value of Investments and Dividend Income Received

The fair value of the most significant investments at 31 December 2019 together with the dividend income received in 2019 is as follows:

	2019
	Fair value $m		Dividend incomea $m
Investment in entity which owns:
InterContinental The Willard Washington DC		36		1
InterContinental San Francisco		31		2
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong		23		1

a  Reported within ‘other operating income’ in the Group income statement.

Schedule of Maximum Risk to Credit Exposure by Geographies

The maximum exposure to credit risk of other financial assets at the end of the reporting period by geographic region is as follows:

	2019 $m		2018 $m
Americas		169		162
EMEAA		81		68
Greater China		38		31
		288		261