| 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 |
