Notes to the consolidated financial statements – analysis of items in the primary statements

15. Financial and other investments

  2008
£m
2007
£m
Non-current    
Available-for-sale investments 180 132
Investments in joint ventures and associates 71 5
  251 137
Current    
Available-for-sale investments 2,062 1,800
Loans and receivables 33 298
  2,095 2,098
Total financial and other investments 2,346 2,235
Financial and other investments include the following:    
Investments in short-term money funds 1,803 1,591
UK managed investments in equity and bonds 224 213
US managed investments in equity and bonds 107 74
Bank deposits 250
Restricted cash balances    
Collateral 17 22
Other 10 22
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies 101 53
Investment in joint ventures and associates 71 5
Other investments 13 5
  2,346 2,235

Available-for-sale investments are recorded at fair value. Due to their short maturities the carrying value of loans and receivables approximates their fair value.

The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the fair value of the financial investments. For further information on our treasury-related credit risk, refer to note 33. None of the financial investments is past due or impaired.

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