| 24/7 |
24 hours per day, 7 days per week |
| AAS |
Australian Accounting Standards |
| ABF |
Asian Bond Fund |
| ABF1 |
Asian Bond Fund 1 |
| ABF2 |
Asian Bond Fund 2 |
| ADI |
Authorised deposit-taking institution |
| AGS |
Australian Government Securities |
| AGV |
Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities (of the FSB) |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| AOFM |
Australian Office of Financial Management |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASD |
Australian Signals Directorate |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ATFC |
Advisory Task Force on the Codes |
| BCBS |
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (of the BIS) |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| BRS |
Business Resumption Site |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CCP |
central counterparty |
| CEDA |
Committee for Economic Development of Australia |
| CFR |
Council of Financial Regulators |
| CGFS |
Committee on the Global Financial System (of the BIS) |
| CHESS |
Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System |
| CLF |
Committed Liquidity Facility |
| CPMI |
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (of the BIS) |
| CPRs |
Commonwealth Procurement Rules |
| CSA |
Credit support annex |
| EMEAP |
Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
| eftpos |
electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
| ERG |
Employee Resource Group |
| ES |
Exchange Settlement |
| ESA |
Exchange Settlement Account |
| fintech |
financial technology |
| FIN |
Financial Innovation Network (of the FSB) |
| FMI |
financial market infrastructure |
| FRR |
Financial Reporting Rule |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FSAP |
Financial Sector Assessment Program (of the IMF) |
| FSB |
Financial Stability Board |
| FSS |
Fast Settlement Service (of RITS) |
| FTE |
full-time equivalent |
| FX |
foreign exchange |
| FXWG |
Foreign Exchange Working Group (of the BIS) |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty |
| G-SIB |
global systemically important bank |
| GHOS |
Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision |
| GPF |
Government Partnership Fund (with Indonesia) |
| HQLA |
high-quality liquid assets |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMSG |
Implementation Monitoring Standing Group (a CPMI-IOSCO group) |
| IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
| ISDA |
International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| IT |
information technology |
| KRW |
South Korean Won |
| LCR |
Liquidity Coverage Ratio |
| MC |
Markets Committee (of the BIS) |
| MEF |
multi-employer fund |
| MFSC |
Monetary and Financial Stability Committee (of EMEAP) |
| MPG |
Macroprudential Supervision Group (of the BCBS) |
| NBS |
National Banknote Site |
| NGB |
Next Generation Banknote |
| NPA |
Note Printing Australia Limited |
| NPP |
New Payments Platform |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPA |
Official Public Account |
| OSF |
Officers' Superannuation Fund |
| PEXA |
Property Exchange Australia Limited |
| PFMI |
Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures |
| PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
| PSG |
Policy Standing Group (a CPMI-IOSCO group) |
| RAP |
Reconciliation Action Plan |
| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RBRF |
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund |
| RCG |
Regional Consultative Group (of the FSB) |
| RDP |
Research Discussion Paper |
| R&D |
research and development |
| repo |
repurchase agreement |
| ReSG |
Resolution Steering Group (of the FSB) |
| RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| RMBS |
residential mortgage-backed securities |
| RTGS |
real-time gross settlement |
| SAR |
Special Administrative Region |
| SCAV |
Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities (of the FSB) |
| SCSI |
Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (of the FSB) |
| SDR |
Special Drawing Right |
| Semis |
Semi-government securities (Australian state and territory government
securities)
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| SRC |
Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation (of the FSB) |
| SWIFT |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| TWI |
trade-weighted index |
| WHS |
work health and safety |
| WHS Act |
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
| WGPSS |
Working Group on Payment and Settlement Systems |