Glossary
ABCP
Asset-backed commercial paper
Authorised deposit-taking institution
ADI
AIFRSAustralian equivalents to International
Financial Reporting Standards
AOFMAustralian Office of Financial
Management
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
APRA
ATM
Automated teller machine
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BCBS
Bank for International Settlements
BIS
CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and
Companies Act 1997
CGFSCommittee on the Global Financial
System (of the BIS)
Commonwealth Government securities
CGS
CLS
Continuous linked settlement
Community of Interest Network
COIN
CPSS
Committee on Payment and
Settlement Systems (of the BIS)
DoFD Department of Finance and Deregulation
European Central Bank
ECB
EMEAPExecutives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific
Central Banks
Exchange settlement
ES
Exchange Settlement Account
ESA
FOI
Freedom of Information
FSB
Financial Stability Board
G-20
Group of Twenty
GPFGovernment Partnership Fund
(with Indonesia)
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IOSCOInternational Organization of
Securities Commissions
Low Value Clearing Service
LVCS
Low Value Feeder
LVF
NNPDCNational Note Processing and
Distribution Centre
NPA
Note Printing Australia Limited
OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
Official Public Accounts
OPA
Over the counter (derivatives)
OTC
Reserve Bank of Australia
RBA
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund
RBRF
Research Discussion Paper
RDP
Repurchase agreement
repo
RITSReserve Bank Information and
Transfer System
Residential mortgage-backed securities
RMBS
Risk Management Unit
RMU
Real-time gross settlement
RTGS
Special Drawing Right
SDR
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunication
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