Glossary
Asian Consultative Council
ACC
authorised deposit-taking institution
ADI
Australian equivalents to International
AIFRS
Financial Reporting Standards
AOFM Australian Office of Financial Management
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
APRA
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
ATSI
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BCBS
Bank Indonesia
BI
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and
Companies Act 1997
Committee on the Global Financial
CGFS
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)
EMEAP Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific
Central Banks
Environmental Management System
EMS
exchange settlement
ES
ESA
Exchange Settlement Account
Freedom of Information
FOI
Financial Stability Board
FSB
Group of Twenty
G-20
global SIFI
G-SIFI
GHOS Group of Governors and Heads
of Supervision
Government Partnership Fund
GPF
(with Indonesia)
International Monetary Fund
IMF
IOSCO International Organization of Securities
Commissions
Information Publication Scheme
IPS
Low Value Clearing Service
LVCS
Low Value Feeder
LVF
Low Value Settlement Service
LVSS Monetary and Financial Stability
MFSC
Committee (of EMEAP)
New Arrangements to Borrow
NAB
NNPDC National Note Processing and
Distribution Centre
Note Printing Australia Limited
NPA
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
Official Public Accounts
OPA
OTC
over-the-counter (derivatives)
Pan Asian Index Bond Fund
PAIF
PFTAC Pacific Financial Technical
Assistance Centre
Reserve Bank of Australia
RBA
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund
RBRF
Research Discussion Paper
RDP
repurchase agreement
repo
Reserve Bank Information and
RITS
Transfer System
residential mortgage-backed securities
RMBS
Risk Management Unit
RMU
Really Simple Syndication
RSS
RTGS
real-time gross settlement
Special Drawing Right
SDR
systemically important financial
SIFI
institution
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication
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