10 Other investments

Notes to the Financial Statements (Group)

6 Product revenue information
7 Property, plant and equipment
8 Goodwill
9 Intangible assets
10 Other investments

	2008 $m	2007 $m	2006 $m
Non-current investments Loans and receivables at fair value through profit or loss	–	–	37
Equity securities available for sale	156	182	82
	156	182	119
Current investments Equity securities held for trading	50	31	26
Fixed deposits	54	60	559
Derivative financial instruments	284	86	72
	388	177	657

Impairment charges of $25m in respect of available for sale securities are included in other operating income and expense in the income statement (2007: $18m; 2006: $nil).

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