Money Market Corporations – Selected Assets and Liabilities

\n\nThese data are derived from returns submitted by corporations registered as\nCategory D (Money Market Corporations) under the _Financial Sector (Collection\nof Data) Act 2001_. Along with Category :Other-C/, these\ncorporations are known collectively as Registered Financial Corporations\n(RFCs). Category :Other-C/ includes corporations formerly registered\nas Category F (Finance Companies), G (General Financiers) and E (Pastoral\nFinance Companies) under the _Financial Corporations Act 1974_.\n\nIn AprilA 2003, responsibility for the collection of financial statistics\nfrom Registered Financial Corporations (RFCs) was transferred to APRA.\nPreviously, these data were collected by the RB under the now repealed\n_Financial Corporations Act 1974_. The introduction of new reporting forms in\nApril 2003 has led to some significant breaks in series and affected\ndefinitions and categories shown for these institutions. There are other\nbreaks from time to time in the historical data due to changes in the number\nof reporting corporations. Details of data reported by individual corporations\nare confidential.\n\nSince December 1999, the collections cover RFCs whose assets in Australia\n(including related corporations) exceed $50A million. Prior to December 1999,\nthis threshold was set at $5A million. This change resulted in breaks in all\nseries covering RFCs.\n\nThe collection of statistics from the authorised money market dealers\n(formerly Category C corporations under the _Financial Corporations Act 1974_)\nceased from August 1996.\n\nFrom April 2003, the data are derived from RRFA 320.0: Statement of Financial\nPosition collected by APRA. Prior to April 2003, the data were derived from\nthe FC forms: D1, E1, F1 and G1 which were collected by the RBA.\n\n:AFIs-C/ refers to banks, credit unions, building societies, SCCIs,\nRFCs and the RBA.\n\nFrom April 2003, :Cash and liquid assets - Cash and balances with\nAFIs-C/ includes cash and deposits and placements with AFIs. Prior to\nApril 2003, this series includes cash and deposits and placements with banks\nand RFCs.\n\nFrom April 2003, :Cash and liquid assets - Other-C/ includes\ngold bullion and deposits and placements with clearing houses and other (non-\nAFI) financial institutions. Prior to April 2003, this series includes\ndeposits and placements with all institutions other than banks and RFCs. This\nseries also includes placements with authorised money market dealers prior to\nAugust 1996.\n\n:Trading and investment securities - Debt-C/ includes\ncommercial paper and promissory notes, bills of exchange and all other debt\nsecurities held by all counterparties.\n\nAll series under :Loans and advances-C/ include finance lease\nreceivables.\n\n:Loans and advances - Household-C/ includes housing and other\npersonal loans to households.\n\nFrom April 2003, :Loans and advances - Business-C/ includes\nloans to the following counterparties: private trading corporations, private\nunincorporated businesses, public non-financial corporations, community\nservice organisations and other (non-AFI) financial institutions. Prior to\nApril 2003, this series includes loans to all counterparties other than\nhouseholds and RFCs, and also includes bills of exchange accepted by the\nreporting corporation.\n\nFrom April 2003, :Loans and advances - AFIs-C/ includes loans\nto AFIs. Prior to April 2003, this series only includes loans to RFCs (loans\nto other AFIs are included in :Loans and advances -\nBusiness-C/).\n\nFrom April 2003, :Borrowings from residents - Borrowings from\nAFIs-C/ includes deposits and placements due to AFIs and short-term loans\nfrom ADIs. Prior to April 2003, this series includes borrowings from banks and\nrelated RFCs.\n\nFrom April 2003, :Borrowings from residents - Deposits and\nplacements-C/ includes deposits and placements due to the following\ncounterparties: private trading corporations, private unincorporated\nbusinesses, public non-financial corporations, community service organisations\nand other (non-AFI) financial institutions.\n\nFrom April 2003, :Borrowings from residents - Other-C/ includes\nborrowings by the issue of promissory notes, bills of exchange and other debt\nsecurities, short-term loans from non-ADIs and all long-term loans. Prior to\nApril 2003, this series includes borrowings from all counterparties other than\nbanks and related RFCs, and borrowings by the issue of promissory notes,\ndebentures, unsecured notes and bills of exchange accepted by banks.\n\n