Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 2018 Abbreviations
A glossary of relevant terms is available on the Reserve Bank website.[1]
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| AAS | Australian Accounting Standards |
| ABF | Asian Bond Fund |
| ABF1 | Asian Bond Fund 1 |
| ABF2 | Asian Bond Fund 2 |
| ADI | Authorised deposit-taking institution |
| AGS | Australian Government Securities |
| AGV | Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities (of the FSB) |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| AOFM | Australian Office of Financial Management |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASD | Australian Signals Directorate |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ATFC | Advisory Task Force on the Codes |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AusPayNet | Australian Payments Network |
| BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (of the BIS) |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BRS | Business Resumption Site |
| CAC Act | Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CCP | central counterparty |
| CEDA | Committee for Economic Development of Australia |
| 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 |
| CNY | Chinese renminbi |
| CPMI | Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (of the BIS) |
| CPRs | Commonwealth Procurement Rules |
| CSA | Credit support annex |
| EMEAP | Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
| eftpos | electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
| ERG | Employee Resource Group |
| ES | Exchange Settlement |
| ESA | Exchange Settlement Account |
| fintech | financial technology |
| FIN | Financial Innovation Network (of the FSB) |
| FMI | financial market infrastructure |
| FRR | Financial Reporting Rule |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FSAP | Financial Sector Assessment Program (of the IMF) |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| FSS | Fast Settlement Service (of RITS) |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| FX | foreign exchange |
| FXWG | Foreign Exchange Working Group (of the BIS) |
| G20 | Group of Twenty |
| G-SIB | global systemically important bank |
| GHOS | Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision |
| GPF | Government Partnership Fund (with Indonesia) |
| HQLA | high-quality liquid assets |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMSG | Implementation Monitoring Standing Group (a CPMI-IOSCO group) |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IPS | Information Publication Scheme |
| ISDA | International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| IT | information technology |
| LCR | Liquidity Coverage Ratio |
| MC | Markets Committee (of the BIS) |
| MEF | multi-employer fund |
| MFSC | Monetary and Financial Stability Committee (of EMEAP) |
| MPG | Macroprudential Supervision Group (of the BCBS) |
| NBS | National Banknote Site |
| NGB | Next Generation Banknote |
| NPA | Note Printing Australia Limited |
| NPP | New Payments Platform |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPA | Official Public Account |
| OSF | Officers' Superannuation Fund |
| 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 group) |
| RAP | Reconciliation Action Plan |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RBRF | Reserve Bank Reserve Fund |
| RCG | Regional Consultative Group (of the FSB) |
| RDP | Research Discussion Paper |
| R&D | research and development |
| repo | repurchase agreement |
| ReSG | Resolution Steering Group (of the FSB) |
| RITS | Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| RMBS | residential mortgage-backed securities |
| RTGS | real-time gross settlement |
| SCAV | Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities (of the FSB) |
| SCSI | Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (of the FSB) |
| SDR | Special Drawing Right |
| Semis | Semi-government securities (Australian state and territory government securities) |
| SRC | Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation (of the FSB) |
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| TWI | trade-weighted index |
| WHS | work health and safety |
| WHS Act | Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
| WGPSS | Working Group on Payment and Settlement Systems |