Front Matter Page
Research Department
Contents
I. Introduction
II. International financial activities of Small Financial Centers
III. Data Construction
IV. Country Characteristics and External Balance Sheet of the sifc group
V. Bilateral patterns
VI. The Effects of the Financial Crisis: A Preliminary Look
VII. Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
References
Tables
1. Small Financial Centers: Main International Financial Activity
2. Basic Country Characteristics
3. Political Status of Small International Financial Centers
4. Exchange Rate Regime
5. SOFC: Size of the External Balance Sheet
6. Relative Importance of Asset Trade with SIFCs
7. Sum of External Assets and Liabilities of Financial Centers
Figures
1. Share of SIFC Group in Global Aggregates
2. External Balance Sheets: A Global Comparison
3. Country Shares in SIFC Balance Sheet
4. SIFC Share of External Assets and Liabilities in Broad Group of Financial Centers
5. Composition of International Balance Sheet for SIFC Group
6. Hong Kong S.A.R. of China: FDI Assets and Liabilities
7. A. Share of SIFC Group in Global Cross-Border Portfolio Holdings
B. SIFC Claims on and Liabilities vis-Ã -vis BIS Reporting Banks
8. Claims and Liabilities of SIFC vis-Ã -vis Individual Partner Countries