Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 2008
Glossary
| 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 |
