| AAS |
Australian Accounting Standards |
| ABF |
Asian Bond Fund |
| ABF1 |
Asian Bond Fund 1 |
| ABF2 |
Asian Bond Fund 2 |
| ACC |
Asian Consultative Council (of the BIS) |
| ADI |
Authorised deposit-taking institution |
| AGS |
Australian Government Securities |
| AGV |
Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities (of the FSB) |
| AML/CTF |
Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing |
| AOFM |
Australian Office of Financial Management |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ASX |
Australian Securities Exchange |
| 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 |
| CCP |
central counterparty |
| 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 |
| CLS |
Continuous Linked Settlement |
| CPMI |
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (of the BIS) |
| CPRs |
Commonwealth Procurement Rules |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| EME |
emerging market economies |
| EMEAP |
Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
| eftpos |
electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
| ES |
Exchange Settlement (account, balances or funds) |
| ESA |
Exchange Settlement Account |
| ESMA |
European Securities and Markets Authority |
| FMI |
financial market infrastructure |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| FSB |
Financial Stability Board |
| FSS |
Fast Settlement Service (of RITS) |
| FX |
foreign exchange |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty |
| G-SIB |
global systemically important bank |
| G-SIFI |
Global SIFI |
| GHOS |
Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision |
| GPF |
Government Partnership Fund (with Indonesia) |
| HQLA |
high-quality liquid assets |
| ICT |
information and communications technology |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMSG |
Implementation Monitoring Standing Group |
| IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
| ISDA |
International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| IT |
information technology |
| LCR |
Liquidity Coverage Ratio |
| MFSC |
Monetary and Financial Stability Committee |
| MMFs |
money market funds |
| MoU |
memorandum of understanding |
| NAIDOC |
National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| NBS |
National Banknote Site |
| NGB |
Next Generation Banknote |
| NNPDC |
National Note Processing and Distribution Centre |
| NPA |
Note Printing Australia Limited |
| NPP |
New Payments Platform |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPA |
Official Public Account |
| OSSG |
Official Sector Steering Group (of FSB) |
| OTC |
over-the-counter (derivatives) |
| PAIF |
Pan Asian Index Bond Fund |
| PBC |
People's Bank of China |
| 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 entity) |
| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RBRF |
Reserve Bank Reserve Fund |
| RCG |
Regional Consultative Group |
| RDP |
Research Discussion Paper |
| repo |
repurchase agreement |
| ReSG |
Resolution Steering Group (part of FSB) |
| RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| RMB |
renminbi |
| RM |
Risk and Compliance Department |
| RMBS |
residential mortgage-backed securities |
| RTGS |
real-time gross settlement |
| SAR |
Special Administrative Region |
| SCAV |
Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities (of the FSB) |
| SDR |
Special Drawing Right |
| SEACEN |
South East Asian Central Banks |
| semis |
semi-government securities (Australian state and territory government securities) |
| SIFI |
systemically important financial institution |
| SMEs |
small and medium enterprises |
| SWIFT |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| WGBS |
Working Group on Banking Supervision (of EMEAP) |
| WGFM |
Working Group on Financial Markets (of EMEAP) |
| WGPSS |
Working Group on Payment and Settlement Systems (of EMEAP) |
| WHS |
work health and safety |
