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RBA Glossary definition for financial institution

financial institution – A company whose primary function is to intermediate between lenders and borrowers in the economy.

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Wrap-up Panel Discussion | Conference – 2017

16 Mar 2017 Conferences
Two panellists then discussed their experiences in implementing macroprudential policies to address financial stability risks. ... regulated parts of the financial system, and to the creation of ‘grey markets’.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2017/simon-caballero-mcdermott-skingsley.html

Discussion on Reforming the International Financial Architecture: Limiting Moral Hazard and Containing Real Hazard | Conference – 1999

9 Aug 1999 Conferences
There was broad discussion on the general topic: New Financial Architecture or ‘Minor Interior Decorating’? ... Although standards tend to improve the health of those financial institutions to which they are applied, if they are too onerous, they may
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/disc-session6.html

Closing Remarks: Property Markets and Financial Stability – Issues and Interpretations | Conference – 2012

20 Aug 2012 Conferences
Stephen G Cecchetti
And, most importantly, we now know that leverage in all of its forms creates financial instability. ... Are these materially different? Do we really need financial institutions to provide additional maturity transformation?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2012/cecchetti.html

Innovation and Integration in Financial Markets and the Implications for Financial Stability | Conference – 2007

20 Aug 2007 Conferences
Rob Hamilton, Nigel Jenkinson and Adrian Penalver
This offers substantial benefits but also poses different and difficult challenges for financial institutions. ... standard justification for regulatory intervention to align the incentives facing financial institutions with public policy goals.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/hamilton-jenkinson-penalver.html

Discussion on Three Australian Asset-price Bubbles | Conference – 2003

18 Aug 2003 Conferences
In 1971, the ratio of the assets of financial institutions to GDP was 102 per cent. ... Households and financial institutions, particularly life offices and pension funds, acquired shares as part of their portfolios.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2003/simon-disc.html

Summaries of the Papers | Conference – 1996

9 Jul 1996 Conferences
creating benefits for customers of financial institutions and challenges for the institutions themselves. ... Increasing conglomeration of different types of financial institutions has also induced some increases in the level of co-operation between
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/summaries-96.html

The Australian Financial System in the 2000s: Dodging the Bullet | Conference – 2011

24 Jul 2000 Conferences
Kevin Davis
only a modest increase in the share of institutional superannuation funds in total financial institution assets. ... A key feature of this growth has been the emergence of new, large financial institutions, in the form of industry funds,.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/davis.html

The Impact of Hedge Funds on Financial Markets: Lessons from the Experience of Australia | Conference – 1999

9 Aug 1999 Conferences
Bob Rankin
The Working Group on Transparency Regarding Individual Positions (the Fisher Report, completed March 1999) has recommended individual reporting by financial institutions to clients and lenders about their risk profile, including data ... It recommended
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/rankin.html

Reforming the International Financial Architecture: Limiting Moral Hazard and Containing Real Hazard | Conference – 1999

9 Aug 1999 Conferences
Michael Mussa
banks and other financial institutions, especially international interbank creditors; and creditors of the sovereign itself. ... Presumably, foreign creditors, as well as domestic financial institutions, would have learned to be somewhat more cautious in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/mussa.html

Banks, Markets and Liquidity | Conference – 2007

20 Aug 2007 Conferences
Franklin Allen and Elena Carletti
both to financial markets and distressed financial institutions that prevented crises. ... As described in the previous section, the central idea is that when markets are incomplete financial institutions are forced to sell assets in order to obtain
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/allen-carletti.html