Abbreviations
AAS
Australian Accounting Standards
ABF
Asian Bond Fund
ABF1
Asian Bond Fund 1
ABF2
Asian Bond Fund 2
ADI
authorised deposit-taking institution
AML/CTFAnti-Money Laundering/CounterTerrorism Financing
AOFMAustralian Office of Financial
Management
APCA
Australian Payments Clearing Association
APRAAustralian 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
CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and
Companies Act 1997
CFR
Council of Financial Regulators
CGFSCommittee on the Global Financial
System
CGS
Commonwealth Government Securities
CHESSClearing House Electronic Sub-register
System
CLF
Committed Liquidity Facility
COAG Council of Australian Governments
CPRs
Commonwealth Procurement Rules
CPSSCommittee on Payment and Settlement
Systems
DE
direct entry
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
eftpos electronic funds transfer at point of sale
EMEAPExecutives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific
Central Banks
EMC
Environmental Management Committee
EPMO Enterprise Portfolio Management Office
ESExchange Settlement
ESD
Ecologically Sustainable Development
FMI
financial market infrastructure
FMOFinance Minister’s Orders
FOI
Freedom of Information
FSB
Financial Stability Board
FSS
Fast Settlement Service
FX
foreign exchange
G20
Group of Twenty
GPFGovernment Partnership Fund
G-SIB
global systemically important bank
HQLA
high-quality liquid assets
IJCB
International Journal of Central Banking
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IOSCOInternational Organization of Securities
Commissions
IPS
Information Publication Scheme
ISDAInternational Swaps and Derivatives
Association
IT
information technology
LCR
liquidity coverage ratio
MFSCMonetary and Financial Stability
Committee
NAIDOCNational Aborigines and Islanders Day
Observance Committee
NBS
National Banknote Site
NGB
Next Generation Banknote
NNPDCNational Note Processing and
Distribution Centre
NPA
Note Printing Australia Limited
NPP
National Payments Platform
OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
OPA
Official Public Accounts
OSF
Officers’ Superannuation Fund
OSSG
Official Sector Steering Group
OTCover-the-counter
PEXA
Property Exchange Australia Limited
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PFMIs
P rinciples for Financial Market
Infrastructures
PGPA Act Public Governance, Performance
and Accountability Act 2013
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
RBRF
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund
RCG
Regional Consultative Group
RDP
Research Discussion Paper
repo
repurchase agreement
RITSReserve Bank Information and
Transfer System
RM
Risk and Compliance Department
RMBrenminbi
RMBSresidential mortgage-backed securities
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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
WGBSWorking Group on Banking Supervision
WGFMWorking Group on Financial Markets
WGPSSWorking Group on Payment and
Settlement Systems
WHS
work health and safety