Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABA
ABIO
ABS
ACCC
AFMA
AGPS
AIDC
ALRC
ANZ
APCA
APEC
APRC
APSC
ASC
ASX
ATM
ATO
Australian Bankers’ Association
Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
alternative dispute resolution
Australian Financial Institutions Commission
Australian Financial Institutions Commission Code
1992
Australian Financial Markets Association
Australian Government Publishing Service
Australian Industry Development Corporation
Australian Law Reform Commission
ANZ Banking Group
Australian Payments Clearing Association
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Australian Prudential Regulation Commission
Australian Payments System Council
Australian Securities Commission
Australian Stock Exchange
automated teller machine
Australian Taxation Office
Banking Act
Banks (Shareholdings) Act
BIS
BITS
Banking Act 1959
Banks (Shareholdings) Act 1972
Bank for International Settlements
Bank Interchange and Transfer System
ACCI
ADR
AFIC
AFIC Code
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Financial System Inquiry
CBA
CEDA
CGT
CHESS
CML
CPA
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Committee for Economic Development of
Australia
Central Magnetic Tape Exchange
Commonwealth Funds Managment
Council of Financial Regulators
Council of Financial Supervisors
Corporations and Financial Services
Commission
capital gains tax
Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System
Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited
Competition Principles Agreement
DoCA
DTI
Department of Communications and the Arts
deposit taking institution
EDI
EFT
EFTPOS
EPAC
ESA
ESOP
Electronic Data Interchange
electronic funds transfer
electronic funds transfer at point of sale
Economic Planning and Advisory Commission
(formerly Economic Planning and Advisory
Council)
exchange settlement account
Employee Share Ownership Plan
FCA
FI Code
FI Scheme
FID
FIF
FSAC
FSI
Financial Corporations Act 1974
Financial Institutions Code
Financial Institutions Scheme
financial institutions duty
foreign investment fund
Financial Sector Advisory Council
Financial System Inquiry
G10
G20
GBE
GDP
Group of Ten Central Banks
Group of Twenty
government business enterprises
gross domestic product
CEMTEX
CFM
CFR
CFS
CFSC
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
GIO
GSM
Government Insurance Office
Group Speciale Mobile
HLIC
Housing Loans Insurance Corporation
IBSA
IC
IMF
ISC
IWT
International Banks and Securities Association
of Australia
Industry Commission
International Monetary Fund
Insurance and Superannuation Commission
interest withholding tax
Life Insurance Act
LGS
Life Insurance Act 1995
Liquid Assets and Government Securities
MCCA
MER
MFI
Ministerial Council of Consumer Affairs
management expense ratio
Main Financial Institution
NAB
NASDAQ
National Australia Bank
National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation system
non-bank financial institution
non-callable deposit
NBFI
NCD
OBU
OECD
OTC
Offshore Banking Unit
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
over-the-counter
PAR
PC
PFE
PIN
PSA
PSB
PUCL
Prime Assets Ratio
personal computer
public financial enterprise
personal identification number
Prices Surveillance Authority
Payments System Board
Panel for Uniform Commercial Laws
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Financial System Inquiry
RBA
RHQ
RIC
RIM
RITS
RSA
RTA
RTGS
Reserve Bank of Australia
Regional Headquarters (Companies)
regulated investment company
Retirement Income Modelling
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System
retirement savings account
retail transaction account
real-time gross settlement
SBSA
SCAG
SCT
SET
SFE
SG
SGIC
SIS
SME
SRD
SRO
SSA
SSP
SVC
SWIFT
State Bank of South Australia
Standing Committee of Attorneys-General
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal
Secure Electronic Transaction
Sydney Futures Exchange
superannuation guarantee
State Government Investment Corporation
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
small and medium sized enterprise
Statutory Reserve Deposits
self-regulatory organisation
State Supervisory Authority
Special Service Provider
stored value card
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunications
Sydney Futures Exchange screen trading
system
SYCOM
TFP
TGIO
TPA
TPC
total factor productivity
Tasmanian Government Insurance Office
Trade Practices Act 1974
Trade Practices Commission
UCCC
Uniform Consumer Credit Code
Westpac
Westpac Banking Corporation
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