U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_]  Form 3 Holdings Reported
[X]  Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*
         VEITIA            DIEGO                              J.
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)
  CENTER POINTE TWO   220 CENTRAL PARKWAY, SUITE 2060
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                                  (Street)
   ALTAMONTE SPRINGS               FLORIDA                    32701
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   (City)                          (State)                    (Zip)
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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
    INTERNATIONAL ASSETS HOLDING CORPORATION  --  IAAC
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Year
     AUGUST, 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

                           CHAIRMAN

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
     (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                              or Beneficially Owned
=================================================================================================================================== 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------ Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Issuer's Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ----------- Amount or Price Fiscal Year (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yr (D) (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===================================================================================================================================
* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
1. Title of Derivative Security 2.Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriva- 6. Date Exercis- (Instr.3) sion or action tion tive Securtiies Ac- able and Expi- Exer- Date Code quired (A) or Dis- ration Date cise (Month/ (Instr.8) posed of (D) (Month/Day/ Price of Day (Instr. 3,4,and 5) Year) Deriva- Year tive se- curity ____________________ Date Expira- Exer- tion _______________ cisable Date (A) (D) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Assets Holding Corp. Options 0.99 10/5/01 J4* 25,000 10/5/02** 10/5/11 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================================================ 7. Title and Amount of Under- 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature lying Securities of of De- ship of of Indi- (Instr. 3 and 4) De- rivative Deriva- rect ben- riva- Securi- tive Se- eficial tive ties Ben- curity Owner- Secu- eficially Direct ship ity Owned (D) or (Instr. 4) _________________ (Instr.5) at end of Indirect Year (1) Amount or (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) Number of Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common 25,000 0.99 160,808 D - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: *GRANT OF OPTIONS FROM ISSUER **8,333 exercisable on 10/5/02; another 8,333 exercisable on 10/5/03; the additional 8,334 exercisable on 10/5/04. /S/ DIEGO J. VEITIA 08/27/02 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date