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Other financial assets (including non-quasi equity loans to equity accounted units) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Other Financial Assets [Abstract] |
Other financial assets (including non-quasi equity loans to equity accounted units) | 20 Other financial assets (including non-quasi equity loans to equity accounted units)
| Non-current |  | Current |  | Total |  | Non-current |  | Current |  | Total |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2016 |
| US$m |  | US$m |  | US$m |  | US$m |  | US$m |  | US$m |
Derivative financial instruments |  | 238 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 267 |  |  | 508 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 532 |
Equity shares and quoted funds |  | 45 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 136 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 83 |  |  | 156 |
Other investments, including loans (a) |  | 188 |  |  | 964 |  |  | 1,152 |  |  | 202 |  |  | 252 |  |  | 454 |
Loans to equity accounted units |  | 39 |  |  | - |  |  | 39 |  |  | 39 |  |  | - |  |  | 39 |
|  | 510 |  |  | 1,084 |  |  | 1,594 |  |  | 822 |  |  | 359 |  |  | 1,181 |
(a) | Current “Other investments, including loans” comprise US$958 million (2016: US$250 million) of highly liquid financial assets held in managed investment funds classified as held for trading.
Detailed information relating to other financial assets is given in note 30.

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