| AAS |
Australian Accounting Standards |
| ABF |
Asian Bond Fund |
| ABF1 |
Asian Bond Fund 1 |
| ABF2 |
Asian Bond Fund 2 |
| ADI |
authorised deposit-taking institution |
| AML/CTF |
Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing |
| AOFM |
Australian Office of Financial Management |
| APCA |
Australian Payments Clearing Association |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ASX |
Australian Securities Exchange |
| BCBS |
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BI |
Bank Indonesia |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| BPNG |
Bank of Papua New Guinea |
| BRS |
Business Resumption Site |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CFR |
Council of Financial Regulators |
| CGFS |
Committee on the Global Financial System |
| CGS |
Commonwealth Government Securities |
| CHESS |
Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System |
| CLF |
Committed Liquidity Facility |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CPRs |
Commonwealth Procurement Rules |
| CPSS |
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems |
| DE |
direct entry |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| eftpos |
electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
| EMEAP |
Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
| EMC |
Environmental Management Committee |
| EPMO |
Enterprise Portfolio Management Office |
| ES |
Exchange Settlement |
| ESD |
Ecologically Sustainable Development |
| FMI |
financial market infrastructure |
| FMO |
Finance Minister's Orders |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| FSB |
Financial Stability Board |
| FSS |
Fast Settlement Service |
| FX |
foreign exchange |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty |
| GPF |
Government Partnership Fund |
| G-SIB |
global systemically important bank |
| HQLA |
high-quality liquid assets |
| IJCB |
International Journal of Central Banking |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
| ISDA |
International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| IT |
information technology |
| LCR |
liquidity coverage ratio |
| MFSC |
Monetary and Financial Stability Committee |
| NAIDOC |
National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| NBS |
National Banknote Site |
| NGB |
Next Generation Banknote |
| NNPDC |
National Note Processing and Distribution Centre |
| NPA |
Note Printing Australia Limited |
| NPP |
National Payments Platform |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPA |
Official Public Accounts |
| OSF |
Officers' Superannuation Fund |
| OSSG |
Official Sector Steering Group |
| OTC |
over-the-counter |
| PEXA |
Property Exchange Australia Limited |
| PFMIs |
Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures |
| PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
2013 |
| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RBRF |
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund |
| RCG |
Regional Consultative Group |
| RDP |
Research Discussion Paper |
| repo |
repurchase agreement |
| RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| RM |
Risk and Compliance Department |
| RMB |
renminbi |
| RMBS |
residential mortgage-backed securities |
| RTGS |
real-time gross settlement |
| SAR |
Special Administrative Region |
| SDR |
Special Drawing Right |
| semis |
semi-government securities (Australian state and territory government securities) |
| SIFI |
systemically important financial institution |
| SWIFT |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| WGBS |
Working Group on Banking Supervision |
| WGFM |
Working Group on Financial Markets |
| WGPSS |
Working Group on Payment and Settlement Systems |
| WHS |
work health and safety |
