01735cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003323 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451801835 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Antigua and Barbuda : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision--Offshore Banking. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (13 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The report on the Antigua and Barbuda's Observance of Standards and Codes on Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision is examined. Aggregated assets reported by the offshore banking sector totaled about USD 3.0 billion, equivalent in size to about four times the GDP, as on December 2002. The largest bank represents 61 percent of the sector's aggregated assets, highlighting an important degree of concentration. Investment portfolios represent the bulk of banks' assets and are predominantly composed of government and corporate bonds and equities. Mode of access: Internet Antigua and Barbuda imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2004/366 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2004/366/002.2004.issue-366-en.xml IMF e-Library