Search: financial markets
RBA Glossary definition for financial markets
financial markets – A generic term for the markets in which financial instruments are traded. Financial instruments have no intrinsic value of themselves. They represent a claim over real assets or a future income stream. The four main financial markets are the foreign exchange market, the fixed interest or bond market, the share or equity market and the derivatives market.
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The Australian Financial System
10 Sep 2007
FSR
– September 2007
The recent strains in financial markets have occurred against a backdrop of an Australian banking system that is highly profitable. ... According to the Australian Financial Markets Association, there was $77 billion of credit derivatives outstanding in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2007/sep/aus-fin-sys.html
The Global Financial Environment
7 Oct 2022
FSR
– October 2022
Liquidity conditions have deteriorated in some financial markets, most notably in government bond markets. ... Financial market volatility has increased alongside high inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2022/oct/global-financial-environment.html
The Australian Financial System
10 Mar 2008
FSR
– March 2008
years. Consistent with this, Australian banks have only small unhedged positions in financial markets. ... Heightened volatility has been a feature of many financial markets since the previous Review.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2008/mar/aus-fin-sys.html
Developments in the Financial System Architecture
10 Mar 2013
FSR
– March 2013
As discussed in the previous Review, the CPSS and IOSCO released a consultative report, Recovery and Resolution of Financial Market Infrastructures, in 2012. ... In a related development, the government recently announced a review of Australia's
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2013/mar/dev-fin-sys-arch.html
Developments in the Financial System Architecture
10 Sep 2013
FSR
– September 2013
upon failure, such as central counterparties (CCPs) and other financial market infrastructures (FMIs). ... all ADIs and the aggregate amount of HQLA that ADIs can reasonably be expected to hold without disrupting financial markets, as assessed by the Bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2013/sep/dev-fin-sys-arch.html
Developments in the Financial System Architecture
10 Mar 2010
FSR
– March 2010
Efforts are underway by policymakers internationally to strengthen core financial market infrastructures, particularly payment and settlement systems and central counterparties. ... In September 2009, the IOSCO Task Force on Unregulated Financial Markets
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/mar/dev-fin-sys-arch.html
Financial Intermediaries
10 Mar 2006
FSR
– March 2006
Australian banks have relatively small net positions in financial markets. This is evident in the four largest banks' aggregate exposure to market risk through their trading operations, as measured by average ... See Reserve Bank of Australia (2005),
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2006/mar/fin-intermed.html
The Macroeconomic and Financial Environment
10 Mar 2005
FSR
– March 2005
Banks have profited from strong investment returns and benign conditions in financial markets. ... This benign outlook is also reflected in financial markets. As noted above, the share market has been very strong and uncertainty about the outlook for
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2005/mar/mac-fin-env.html
Developments in the Financial System Infrastructure
10 Mar 2004
FSR
– March 2004
To the extent that improper practices, such as market manipulation or insider trading, discourage activity in markets and distort market prices, such practices impair financial markets' contribution to the health of ... Footnote. The Committee is made up
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2004/mar/dev-sys-infra.html
The Australian Financial System
10 Mar 2012
FSR
– March 2012
As outlined in ‘The Global Financial Environment’ chapter, global market sentiment has improved since late 2011 and long-term unsecured funding markets have reopened. ... Financial market developments also affected the performance of the insurance
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2012/mar/aus-fin-sys.html