Abbreviations
AAS
Australian Accounting Standards
ABF
Asian Bond Fund
ABF1
Asian Bond Fund 1
ABF2
Asian Bond Fund 2
ACC
Asian Consultative Council (of the BIS)
ADI
Authorised deposit-taking institution
AML/CTFAnti-Money Laundering/CounterTerrorism Financing
AOFMAustralian Office of Financial
Management
APCAAustralian Payments Clearing Association
Limited
APRA
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
ASICAustralian Securities and Investments
Commission
ASX
Australian Securities Exchange
BCBS
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BI
Bank Indonesia
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BPNG
Bank of Papua New Guinea
BRS
Business Resumption Site (of the RBA)
CAC ActCommonwealth Authorities and
Companies Act 1997
CFR
Council of Financial Regulators
CGFSCommittee on the Global Financial
System (of the BIS)
CGS
Commonwealth Government Securities
CHESSClearing House Electronic Sub-register
System
CLF
Committed liquidity facility
CLS
Continuous linked settlement
CPR Commonwealth Procurement Rules
CPSSCommittee on Payment and Settlement
Systems (of the BIS)
CRA
Credit rating agency
CSA
Credit Support Annex
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DoFD Department of Finance and Deregulation
D-SIB
Domestic systemically important bank
ECB
European Central Bank
EFT
Electronic Funds Transfer
EMC
Environmental Management Committee
EMEAPExecutives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific
Central Banks
ES
Exchange settlement
ESA
Exchange Settlement Account
ESD
Ecologically sustainable development
FCL
Flexible Credit Line
FMI
Financial market infrastructure
FOI
Freedom of Information
FSAP
Financial Sector Assessment Program
FSB
Financial Stability Board
GHOSGroup of Governors and Heads of
Supervision
GPFGovernment Partnership Fund (with
Indonesia)
G-SIB
Global systemically important bank
G-SIFI
Global SIFI
G20
Group of Twenty
HQLA High-quality liquid assets
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IOSCOInternational Organization of Securities
Commissions
IPS
Information Publication Scheme
ISDAInternational Swaps and Derivatives
Association
IT
Information Technology
LVCS
Low Value Clearing Service
LVSS Low Value Settlement Service
MFSCMonetary and Financial Stability
Committee
NAIDOCNational Aborigines and Islanders Day
Observance Committee
NGB
Next Generation Banknote
NNPDCNational Note Processing and
Distribution Centre
NPA
Note Printing Australia Limited
NQRS
Note Quality Reward Scheme
OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
OPA
Official Public Account
OTC
Over-the-counter (derivatives)
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PAIF
Pan Asian Index Bond Fund
PBC People’s Bank of China
PFMIPrinciples for Financial Market
Infrastructures
PFTACPacific Financial Technical Assistance
Centre
PLL
Precautionary and Liquidity Line
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
RBF
Reserve Bank of Fiji
RBRF
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund
RCG
Regional Consultative Group
RDP
Research Discussion Paper
Repo
Repurchase agreement
RITSReserve Bank Information and Transfer
System
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RM
Risk Management Unit
RMBRenminbi
RMBS
Residential mortgage-backed securities
RTGS
Real-time gross settlement
SAR
Special Administrative Region
SDR
Special Drawing Right
SemisSemi-government securities (Australian
state and territory government securities)
SIFISystemically important financial institution
SWIFTSociety for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication
WHS
Work health and safety