Other financial assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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Summary of Other Financial Assets

	2020 $m		2019 $m
Equity securities:
Equity shares quoted on an active market		—		8
Other equity shares		88		125
		88		133
Restricted funds:
Shortfall reserve deposit		9		25
Ring-fenced amounts to satisfy insurance claims:
Cash		3		11
Money market funds		15		16
Bank accounts pledged as security		43		41
Other		3		5
		73		98
Trade deposits and loans		8		57
		169		288
Analysed as:
Current		1		4
Non-current		168		284
		169		288

Schedule of Fair Value of Investments and Dividend Income Received

The fair value of the most significant investments at 31 December 2020 together with the dividend income received in 2020 is as follows:

	2020
	Fair value $m		Dividend incomea $m
Investment in entity which owns:
InterContinental The Willard Washington DC		22		—
InterContinental San Francisco		15		1
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong		27		—

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

Schedule of Other Trade Deposits and Loans

	2020 $m			2019 $m
Trade deposits and loans:
Gross and net balance with no significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition		4			54
Gross balance with a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition		19			—
Provision for lifetime expected credit lossesa		(15	)		—

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:

	2020 $m		2019 $m
Americas		72		169
EMEAA		64		81
Greater China		33		38
	169		288