Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 2012 Glossary

AAS Australian Accounting Standards
ACC Asian Consultative Council
ADI Authorised deposit-taking institution
AOFM Australian Office of Financial Management
APRA Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission
BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BI Bank Indonesia
BIS Bank for International Settlements
BRS Business Resumption Site
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
CLF Commited Liquidity Facility
CLS Continuous linked settlement
COIN Community of Interest Network
CPSS Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (of the BIS)
CSA Credit support annex
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
D-SIB Domestic systemically important bank
ECB European Central Bank
EMEAP Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks
EMC Environmental Management Commitee
ES Exchange settlement
ESA Exchange Settlement Account
FMI Financial market infrastructure
FOI Freedom of Information
FSB Financial Stability Board
FSAP Financial Sector Assessment Program
G-20 Group of Twenty
G-SIB Global systematically important bank
G-SIFI Global SIFI
GPF Government Partnership Fund (with Indonesia)
HQLA High-quality liquid assets
IMF International Monetary Fund
IOSCO International Organization of Securities Commissions
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IT Information technology
LVCS Low Value Clearing Service
LVSS Low Value Settlement Service
MFSC Monetary and Financial Stability Committee
MMF Money market funds
MPG Macroprudential Supervision Group
NAIDOC National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee
NNPDC National Note Processing and Distribution Centre
NPA Note Printing Australia Limited
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPA Official Public Accounts
OTC Over-the-counter (derivatives)
PAIF Pan Asian Index Bond Fund
PBC People's Bank of China
PFMI Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures
RBA Reserve Bank of Australia
RBF Reserve Bank of Fiji
RBRF Reserve Bank Reserve Fund
RCG Regional Consultative Group
RDP Research Discussion Paper
Repo Repurchase agreement
RITS Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System
RMB Renminbi
RMBS Residential mortgage-backed securities
RMU Risk Management Unit
RTGS Real-time gross settlement
SIFI Systemically important financial institution
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
WHS Work health and safety