Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2007
15. Non-current financial assets
| 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Held to maturity £mn |
Fair value
through
profitor loss £mn |
Available-for-sale £mn |
Total £mn |
|
| Equities - listed | - | 5.4 | 18.2 | 23.6 |
| Equities - unlisted | - | 14.1 | 81.2 | 95.3 |
| Debt securities - listed | 88.6 | - | - | 88.6 |
| Other - unlisted | - | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Investments | 88.6 | 19.6 | 99.9 | 208.1 |
| Derivative contracts (see note 27) | - | 12.7 | - | 12.7 |
| 88.6 | 32.3 | 99.9 | 220.8 | |
| 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Held to maturity £mn |
Fair value through profit or loss £mn |
Available-for-sale £mn |
Total £mn |
|
| Equities - listed | - | 5.2 | 13.3 | 18.5 |
| Equities - unlisted | - | 18.7 | 102.8 | 121.5 |
| Debt securities - listed | 57.3 | - | - | 57.3 |
| Other - unlisted | - | 1.3 | - | 1.3 |
| Investments | 57.3 | 25.2 | 116.1 | 198.6 |
| Derivative contracts (see note 27) | - | 17.0 | - | 17.0 |
| 57.3 | 42.2 | 116.1 | 215.6 | |
The Group's held to maturity financial assets are held within the Group's Private Banking operations as part of their banking book.
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are held for trading, except for £7.8 million (2006: £13.7 million) in respect of unlisted equities which are designated at fair value through profit or loss in order to significantly reduce a measurement inconsistency that would otherwise arise from measuring this asset and its related liability on a different basis. The liability is linked to the fair value of this financial asset.