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Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 12 of 2020.
Banking institution means an ADI or banking institutions authorised in another jurisdiction.
Central banks means central banks, including the RBA, Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank, and other official monetary authorities.
Central borrowing authorities means entities that primarily provide finance for public corporations and other units owned or controlled by an Australian or foreign government. They arrange the investment of surplus funds. Central borrowing authorities raise funds predominantly by issuing securities. They also engage in other intermediation activity for investment purposes, and may participate in the financial management activities of the parent government. It includes all central borrowing authorities established by national, state, territory and regional governments.
Community service organisations means non-market operators providing goods and services to households for free or at prices that are not economically significant. Included here are non-profit institutions (NPIs) that are mainly financed from household member subscriptions and produce benefits primarily for the household members and NPIs credited for philanthropic purposes that are financed mainly from donations or government grants.
Financial auxiliaries means corporations and quasi-corporations engaged primarily in activities closely related to financial intermediation, but which do not themselves perform an intermediation role.
It includes fund managers as principal, stockbrokers, insurance brokers, investment advisors and corporations providing infrastructure for financial markets.
Financial institutions means central banks, banking institutions, registered financial corporations, central borrowing authorities, insurance corporations, superannuation funds, financial auxiliaries, securitisers, money-market investment funds, non-money market financial investment funds, and financial institutions n.e.c..
Financial institutions n.e.c. means any financial institution other than central banks, banking institutions, registered financial corporations, central borrowing authorities, insurance corporations, superannuation funds, financial auxiliaries, securitisers, money-market investment funds, and non-money market financial investment funds.
Households means persons whose dealings with other sectors are for personal or housing purposes.
Housing means transactions by households related to the provision of residential property for use by the household sector.
Housing includes transactions to finance or refinance the construction or purchase of newly erected dwellings or existing dwellings, alterations, additions and repairs or to purchase residential land.
It includes finance to the household sector, but excludes:
• finance to businesses that develop or purchase residential property; and
• finance that is secured against a residential property, but where the funds are used for a purpose other than housing.
Insurance corporations means:
• life insurance corporations registered under the Life Insurance Act 1995;
• general insurance corporations authorised under the Insurance Act 1973 (or by virtue of determinations made by APRA under the General Insurance Reform Act 2001);
• private health insurance corporations registered under the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015;
• the Export Finance Insurance Corporation;
• private sector and government-owned general and health insurance enterprises, both proprietary and mutual; and
• any overseas insurance corporation.
Money-market investment funds means collective investment schemes, such as cash management trusts and cash common funds. They raise funds by issuing shares or units to the public, either via a prospectus or a distribution channel such as a platform.
The proceeds are invested primarily in money-market instruments, money-market shares/units, and transferable debt instruments with a residual maturity of less than or equal to 12 months, deposits at banks, and instruments that pursue a rate of return that approaches the interest rates of money-market instruments.
National general government means national government departments and agencies whose principal function is to provide non-market goods and services, principally financed by taxes, for free or at a price well below the cost of production. These entities regulate economic activity, maintain law and order and redistribute income and wealth by means of transfers.
It includes:
• departments and agencies;
• national government unincorporated enterprises that provide goods and services to the government and/or to the public for free or at prices that are not economically significant (e.g. government employee cafeterias, munitions factories);
• NPIs controlled and mainly financed (other than by grants) by national governments;
• national government quasi-corporations that sell their output, at near market prices, exclusively to other government units (e.g. government printers and defence force housing schemes); and
• public universities.
It excludes:
• government trading enterprises. Report these under public non-financial corporations or financial institutions as appropriate;
• departments of the state and territory governments. Report these as state, territory and local general government;
• Central banks and national government financial institutions. Report these under financial institutions as appropriate; and
• NPIs credited for philanthropic purposes that are financed mainly from donations or government grants. Report these under community service organisations.
National government non-financial corporations means those businesses that are owned and controlled by national governments and that produce goods or non-financial services for sale at market prices.
It includes: all trading enterprises owned 50 per cent or more by a national government or controlled by a national government through legislation, decree or regulation.
Non-money market financial investment funds means collective investment schemes, such as trusts or corporations. They raise funds by issuing shares or units to the public, either via a prospectus or a distribution channel such as a platform.
The proceeds are used to purchase financial assets. The assets are owned by the investment fund and usually managed by licensed fund managers external to the fund. Investors are able to dispose of their units/shares on a well-developed secondary market such as a stock exchange or through readily accessible redemption facilities.
Non-profit institutions (NPIs) means any legal entity which:
• is created for the purpose of producing goods and services; and
• whose articles of association prohibit it from being a source of income, profit or other financial gain to the units that establish, control or finance the legal entity.
Other includes any step-in risk entity that is not a private non-financial business, public non-financial corporation, financial institution, household, or community service organisation.
Other private non-financial corporations means corporations that are owned and controlled by the non-government sector, whose main activity is producing goods or non-financial services for sale at market prices. They may be listed on stock exchanges or unlisted.
Private non-financial businesses means private non-financial investment funds, other private non-financial corporations and private unincorporated businesses.
Private non-financial investment funds means collective investment schemes, such as trusts or corporations, in which investment funds are pooled and invested in predominantly long-term non-financial assets such as property or infrastructure. They raise funds by issuing shares or units to the public, either via a prospectus or a distribution channel such as a platform. Investors are able to dispose of their holdings through well-developed secondary markets such as a stock exchange or through readily accessible redemption facilities. Usually the management of funds is undertaken by a licensed fund manager external to the fund.
Private unincorporated businesses means persons acting as sole proprietors or in partnerships for business purposes. The major businesses in this sub-sector are unincorporated farms, unincorporated retailers, unincorporated professional practices (medical, legal, dental, accounting, etc.), unincorporated businesses of tradespeople such as plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc.
Public non-financial corporations means national government non-financial corporations and state, territory and local government non-financial corporations.
Registered financial corporations means corporations that are registered entities under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 that are classified as category ‘D’ or ‘Other’ by APRA.
It includes:
• money market corporations (category ‘D’); and
• pastoral finance companies, finance companies and general financiers (category ‘Other’ (formerly categories ‘E’, ‘F’ and ‘G’)).
It excludes:
• intra-group financiers registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 category ‘I’. Report these under other private non-financial corporations; and
• cash management trusts. Report these under money-market investment funds.
Securitisers means issuers of asset-backed securities created through the process of securitisation. It excludes: issuers of covered bonds. Report issuers of covered bonds as ADIs.
State, territory and local government means entities that provide non-market goods and services, principally financed by taxes, for free or at a price well below the cost of production. These entities regulate economic activity, maintain law and order and redistribute income and wealth by means of transfers.
It includes:
• state and local government unincorporated enterprises that provide goods and services to their government and/or to the public for free or at prices that are not economically significant (e.g. government employee cafeterias, municipal swimming pools);
• NPIs controlled and mainly financed by state and local government;
• state government quasi-corporations which sell their output, at near market prices, exclusively to other government units (e.g. government printers);
• state and territory government departments and agencies; and
• public (state) schools, technical and further education colleges and state-owned hospitals.
It excludes:
• all state and local government trading enterprises and financial enterprises (e.g. rail, and municipal water authorities). Report these under state, territory and local government non-financial corporations or financial institutions as appropriate;
• state and territory central borrowing authorities or treasury corporations. Report these under central borrowing authorities; and
• NPIs credited for philanthropic purposes that are financed mainly from donations or government grants. Report these under community service organisations.
State, territory and local government non-financial corporations means businesses that are owned and controlled by state, territory or local governments and that produce goods or non-financial services for sale at market prices.
It includes all trading enterprises of which 50 per cent or more is owned by state, territory or local government or controlled by state, territory or local government through legislation, decree or regulation (e.g. state rail and water authorities, gas and fuel authorities, housing commissions, port authorities, non-privatised power authorities).
Superannuation funds means complying funds for the purposes of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, other autonomous funds established for the benefit of public sector employees and any overseas funds designed specifically for the purpose of providing a pension or other income stream on retirement.
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