Instruction Guide

General directions and notes

Reporting entity

The Business Finance Statistics form is to be completed by all locally incorporated banks and Foreign ADIs on a Domestic Books basis.

The Domestic books of the locally incorporated banks and Foreign ADI relates to the Australian books of the Australian ADI and has the following scope:

• Is an unconsolidated report of the Australian licensed ADI's operations/transactions that are booked inside Australia.
• Exclude offshore branches of the Australian licensed ADI from this reporting unit.
• Exclude offshore banking units based overseas from this reporting unit.
• Do not consolidate Australian and offshore controlled entities or associated entities that are not ADIs.
• Include Australian based offshore banking units of the licensed ADI.
• Include transactions with non-residents recorded on Australian books

Reporting period

The form is to be completed as at the last day of the stated reporting quarter. Locally incorporated banks and Foreign ADIs should submit the completed form to APRA within 20 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter.

Unit of measurement

Banks are asked to complete the form in millions of Australian dollars rounded to one decimal place.

Amounts denominated in foreign currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 1012 ‘Foreign Currency Translation’.

The general requirements of AASB 1012 for translation are:

1. Foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date.
2. Other items outstanding at the reporting date must not be retranslated subsequent to initial recognition of the transaction.

Monetary items are defined to mean money held and assets and liabilities that are to be received or paid in fixed or determinable amounts of money.

Monetary items arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be translated as follows:

• Where the exchange rate is fixed in the contract, at that fixed exchange rate; and
• Where the exchange rate varies, at the spot rate at the reporting date.