2015 Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System November 2015

This report presents the Bank's third annual Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System – Australia's real-time gross settlement system – against the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (the Principles). The Principles are international standards developed by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. The Assessment concludes that RITS observed all of the relevant Principles. In the spirit of continuous improvement, however, a number of recommendations have been made.

Contents

• Introduction and Executive Summary
• Summary and Review of Ratings and Recommendations
• Material Developments
• Appendix A: Background Information
• Appendix B: Detailed Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System
• Abbreviations
• List of graphs
• List of tables
• List of figures

ISSN 2203-2592 (Online)