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RBA Glossary definition for ESA
ESA – Exchange Settlement Account. An account held at the Reserve Bank of Australia by financial institutions to settle financial obligations arising from the clearing of payments.
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Appendix A: Interbank Market Infrastructure
20 Jan 2021
RDP
2021-01
During 2008 there were around 50 banks with RITS ESAs, comprising Australian banks and subsidiaries and/or branches of foreign banks. ... Entities that hold an Austraclear account but not an ESA execute DvP securities settlements by having another bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2021/2021-01/appendix-a.html
The Role of Collateral in Borrowing
20 Jan 2021
RDP
2021-01
The funding tightness is also evident from the rapid rise of Exchange Settlement Account (ESA) balances to historical highs around when Lehman Brothers defaulted on 15 September (Figure 2). ... The expansion of ESA balances was driven by RBA repos
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2021/2021-01/full.html
Institutional Background and Data
20 Jan 2021
RDP
2021-01
The funding tightness is also evident from the rapid rise of Exchange Settlement Account (ESA) balances to historical highs around when Lehman Brothers defaulted on 15 September (Figure 2). ... The expansion of ESA balances was driven by RBA repos
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2021/2021-01/institutional-background-and-data.html