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Total assets:
At 31 December 2001 At 31 December 2000 At 31 December 1999
US$m % US$m % US$m %
Europe*.......................................... 297,701 43.3 295,274 44.4 211,222 37.7
Hong Kong..................................... 175,652 25.6 176,545 26.5 165,420 29.6
Rest of Asia-Pacific ....................... 62,151 9.0 56,676 8.5 55,291 9.9
North America* ............................. 136,526 19.9 118,053 17.7 110,120 19.7
Latin America* .............................. 15,210 2.2 19,073 2.9 17,181 3.1
687,240 100.0 665,621 100.0 559,234 100.0
Add: Hong Kong SAR
Government certificates of
indebtedness ............................... 8,637 8,193 9,905
Total assets..................................... 695,877 673,814 569,139
*In 2000 included within total assets in Europe, Latin America and the rest of Asia-Pacific are amounts of US$67,484 million,
US$2,967 million and US$1,130 million, respectively in relation to businesses acquired that year.
Net assets:
At 31 December 2001 At 31 December 2000 At 31 December 1999
US$m % US$m % US$m %
Europe............................................ 28,609 62.2 28,073 61.6 16,695 50.0
Hong Kong..................................... 9,630 20.9 8,709 19.1 8,960 26.8
Rest of Asia-Pacific ....................... 3,165 6.9 3,133 6.9 2,561 7.7
North America ............................... 4,591 10.0 4,313 9.5 3,730 11.1
Latin America ................................ (16) 0.0 1,342 2.9 1,462 4.4
Total net assets............................... 45,979 100.0 45,570 100.0 33,408 100.0