| ABF |
Asian Bond Fund |
| ACC |
Asian Consultative Council |
| AOFM |
Australian Office of Financial Management |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| CAC |
Collective Action Clause |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CGS |
Commonwealth Government securities |
| CGFS |
Committee on the Global Financial System |
| CHESS |
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System of the Australian Stock Exchange |
| CLS |
Continuous linked settlement |
| CPSS |
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems |
| CRVS |
Cheque reconciliation and verification system |
| EEO |
Equal employment opportunity |
| EMEAP |
Executives' Meeting of East Asian and Pacific central banks |
| FASB |
US Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| Finance |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FSF |
Financial Stability Forum |
| G7 |
Group of Seven |
| G10 |
Group of Ten |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| HLI |
Highly leveraged institution |
| IAIS |
International Association of Insurance Supervisors |
| IASB |
International Accounting Standards Board |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| LVR |
Loan-to-valuation ratio |
| NNPC |
National Note Processing Centre |
| NPA |
Note Printing Australia Limited |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OFC |
Offshore financial centre |
| OH&S |
Occupational health & safety |
| OPA |
Official public account |
| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| RMBS |
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
| RTGS |
Real-time gross settlement |
| SDRs |
Special drawing rights |
| SDRM |
Sovereign debt restructuring mechanism |
