Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Annual Report 2006 Hong Kong Monetary Authority
 

Highlight of 2006
Calendar of Events 2006
Abbreviations used in this Report
Reference Resources
Summary Report 2007
 

CE’s Statement About the HKMA Policy Chapters Exchange Fund Annex and Tables Summary
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  Abbreviations used in this Report
ABF
- Asian Bond Fund
ABF2 - Asian Bond Fund 2 [Local currency - denominated Asian Bond Fund]
ABIF - Asian Bond Index Fund
AI
- Authorized institution
AML
- Anti-money-laundering
APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation
ASEAN
- the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATM
- Automated teller machine
CAMEL
- Capital adequacy, Asset quality,
Management, Earnings and Liquidity of
banks
CAR
- Capital Adequacy Ratio
CBRC
- China Banking Regulatory Commission
CCPI
- Composite Consumer Price Index
CCRA
- Commercial credit reference agency
CEPA
- Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
CFT
- Counter-terrorist-financing
CHATS
- Clearing House Automated Transfer System
CI
- Certificate of Indebtedness
CLS
- Continuous Linked Settlement
CMU
- Central Moneymarkets Unit
CRA
- Credit rating agency
CSSO
- Clearing and Settlement Systems Ordinance
DCA
- Debt collection agency
DvP
- Delivery-versus-Payment
ECAI
- External credit assessment institutions
EFAC
- Exchange Fund Advisory Committee
EFBN
- Exchange Fund Bills and Notes
EMEAP
- Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific
Central Banks
EPS
- Easy Pay System
FATF
- Financial Action Task Force
F/CY
- Foreign currency
FVO
- Fair value option
GDP
- Gross Domestic Product (in real terms
unless otherwise stated)
GSC - Governance Sub-Committee
HIBOR
- Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate
HKAS
- Hong Kong Accounting Standards
HKICL
- Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited
HKMA
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority
HKMC
- Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited
HKSAR
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
IMF
- International Monetary Fund
IPO
- initial public offering
IRB
approach
- Internal Ratings-based approach
IT
- Information technology
LIBOR - London Interbank Offer Rate
MDB
- Multilateral Development Bank
MoU
- Memorandum of Understanding
N.A.
- Not applicable
NAB - New Arrangements to Borrow
NCD
- Negotiable certificate of deposit
NDI
- Negotiable debt instrument
OCL
- Octopus Cards Limited
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGC
- The Office of the General Counsel
PAIF
- Pan-Asian Bond Index Fund
PvP
- Payment-versus-Payment
QDII
- Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors
RI
- Registered Institutions
RMB
- Renminbi
RMD
- Reserves Management Department
RSS
- Renminbi Settlement System
RTGS
- Real Time Gross Settlement
SAFE
- State Administration of Foreign Exchange
SARS
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SFC
- Securities and Futures Commission
SPE - Special Purpose Entites
SPM
- Supervisory Policy Manuel
TMA - Treasury Markets Association
VaR - Value-at-Risk
   
   
 
 
 
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