ABCP |
Asset-backed commercial paper |
ADI |
Authorised deposit-taking institution |
AIFRS |
Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards |
AOFM |
Australian Office of Financial Management |
APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
ATM |
Automatic teller machine |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
BRS |
Business resumption site (of the RBA) |
CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
CFR |
Council of Financial Regulators |
CGFS |
Committee on the Global Financial System (of the BIS) |
CGS |
Commonwealth Government securities |
CHESS |
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (of the Australian Stock Exchange) |
CLS |
Continuous linked settlement |
EEO |
Equal employment opportunity |
EMEAP |
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
ES |
Exchange settlement |
ESA |
Exchange Settlement Account |
FOI |
Freedom of Information (Act) |
FSF |
Financial Stability Forum |
G7 |
Group of Seven |
G-20 |
Group of Twenty |
GPF |
Government Partnership Fund (with Indonesia) |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IT |
Information technology |
MFSC |
Monetary and Financial Stability Committee (of EMEAP) |
NNPDC |
National Note Processing and Distribution Centre |
NPA |
Note Printing Australia Limited |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OH&S |
Occupational health & safety |
OIS |
Overnight indexed swap (rate or market) |
OPA |
Official Public Accounts |
RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
RBRF |
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund |
RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
RMBS |
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
RMU |
Risk Management Unit |
RTGS |
Real-time gross settlement |
SDR |
Special Drawing Right |