Instruction Guide

The purpose of this survey is to provide monthly statistics on finance provided to private and public sector businesses. The statistics are used by the APRA for regulatory purposes, and may be provided to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for policy and statistical purposes. Published aggregate statistics from this collection are used for research and policy formulation by economists, state and federal governments, and leasing associations.

A separate form for commercial finance in all eight states should be completed:

• ARF 391.0.1 Commercial Finance in NSW;
• ARF 391.0.2 Commercial Finance in VIC;
• ARF 391.0.3 Commercial Finance in QLD;
• ARF 391.0.4 Commercial Finance in SA;
• ARF 391.0.5 Commercial Finance in WA;
• ARF 391.0.6 Commercial Finance in TAS;
• ARF 391.0.7 Commercial Finance in NT; and
• ARF 391.0.8 Commercial Finance in ACT.

General directions and notes

Reporting entity[1]

This form is to be completed by all locally incorporated banks and foreign authorised deposit taking institutions (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; and
• include transactions with non-residents recorded on Australian books.

This form should be completed by all Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, Building Societies on a licensed ADI basis.