15 Other Financial Investments
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| Cost | Current value |
1998 £m | 1997 £m | 1998 £m | 1997 £m |
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Shares and other variable yield securities and units in unit trusts | 23,113 | 21,798 | 49,088 | 45,999 |
Debt securities and other fixed income securities carried at market value | 18,685 | 16,265 | 21,283 | 17,847 |
Debt securities and other fixed income securities carried at amortised cost | 15,847 | 15,538 | 15,902 | 15,572 |
Loans secured by mortgages | 1,849 | 1,582 | 1,938 | 1,655 |
Loans to policyholders secured by insurance policies | 583 | 591 | 583 | 591 |
Other loans | 57 | 98 | 68 | 98 |
Deposits with credit institutions | 3,917 | 3,420 | 3,917 | 3,420 |
Other | 221 | 154 | 235 | 153 |
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Total | 64,272 | 59,446 | 93,014 | 85,335 |
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Amounts included in the above ascribable to listed investments were: |
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Shares and other variable yield securities and units in unit trusts | | | 48,108 | 45,734 |
Debt securities and other fixed income securities carried at market value | | | 19,406 | 16,347 |
Debt securities and other fixed income securities carried at amortised cost | | | 13,316 | 13,032 |
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Total | | | 80,830 | 75,113 |
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The market value of debt securities and other fixed income securities valued at amortised cost was £16,411m (£15,888m). All debt securities carried at amortised cost are held by long-term business operations.
For those debt securities and other fixed income securities valued at amortised cost where the maturity value exceeded purchase price, the unamortised difference at the year end was £195m (£170m). There were no investments valued at amortised cost where the purchase price exceeded maturity value.
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