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Other financial assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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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 loans a |  |  | 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 income a $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 |

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