Finance companies and general financiers – selected assets and liabilities [B10]

B10 FINANCE COMPANIES AND GENERAL FINANCIERS – SELECTED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

These data are derived from returns submitted by corporations registered as Category ‘Other’ under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001. Category ‘Other’ includes corporations formerly registered as Category F (Finance Companies), G (General Financiers) and E (Pastoral Finance Companies) under the Financial Corporations Act 1974. Along with Category D (Money Market Corporations), these corporations are known collectively as Registered Financial Corporations (RFCs). RFCs also include securitisers: special-purpose vehicles that issue securities backed by pools of assets (e.g. residential mortgage-backed securities) and conventional finance companies that engage in balance sheet lending.

Coverage of some series changes over time: in recent years aggregates for individual groups have been significantly affected by conversion of non-banks to banks, reclassification between RFC categories and changes to reporting forms. The data are revised retrospectively where required, generally based on revisions by reporting entities and changes in statistical methodology. Data are not adjusted for series breaks.