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Contents >> Chapter 8 The detailed classification >> Division K Financial and Insurance Services

DIVISION K – FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES




The Financial and Insurance Services Division includes units mainly engaged in financial transactions involving the creation, liquidation, or change in ownership of financial assets, and/or in facilitating financial transactions.


The range of activities include:

  • raising funds by taking deposits and/or issuing securities and, in the process, incurring liabilities;
  • units investing their own funds in a range of financial assets;
  • pooling risk by underwriting insurance and annuities;
  • separately constituted funds engaged in the provision of retirement incomes; and
  • specialised services facilitating or supporting financial intermediation, insurance and employee benefit programs.

Also included in this division are central banking, monetary control and the regulation of financial activities.


This section contains the following subsection :
        Subdivision 62 Finance
        Subdivision 63 Insurance and Superannuation Funds
        Subdivision 64 Auxiliary Finance and Insurance Services

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