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Other financial assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Other Financial Assets |
|  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 $m |
Equity securities measured at fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quoted equity shares |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 10 |
Unquoted equity shares |  |  | 108 |  |  |  | 117 |
|  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 127 |
Financial assets measured at amortised cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade deposits and loans |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 43 |
Restricted funds |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 32 |
Bank accounts pledged as security |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 42 |
|  |  | 145 |  |  |  | 117 |
Total other financial assets |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 244 |
Analysed as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 16 |
Non-current |  |  | 260 |  |  |  | 228 |
|  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 244 |
Schedule of Fair Value of Investments and Dividend Income Received | The fair value of the most significant investments at 31 December 2018 together with the dividend income received in 2018 is as follows:
|  | Fair value 2018 $m |  |  | Dividend incomea 2018 $m |
Investment in entity which owns: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
InterContinental The Willard Washington DC |  |  | 31 |  |  |  | 0 |
InterContinental San Francisco |  |  | 31 |  |  |  | 6 |
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 2 |
Other |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 1 |
|  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 9 |
a Reported as 'other operating income and expense' in the Group income statement.
Schedule of Movement in Provision for Impairment of Equity Securities | The movement in the provision for impairment of equity securities during the year is as follows:
|  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 $m |
At 1 January |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (22 | )
Elimination of provision on adoption of IFRS 9 |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | — |
Disposals |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 4 |
At 31 December |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (18 | )

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