State Street expands Asia Pacific team 21 May 2018Sydney Reporter: Jenna Lomax
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State Street Corporation has appointed Robin Kidman as a fixed-income lending trader within its securities finance team in Asia Pacific (APAC).
In this newly created role, Kidman will be responsible for enhancing State Street’s fixed-income securities finance programme in the region and supporting APAC clients in their programme participation. He will be based in Sydney.
During his 15-year career at State Street, Kidman has been responsible for managing the lending of government and corporate fixed income to repo and financing markets in Europe, the Middle Easy and Africa.
He relocated from London to Sydney in May. Prior to joining State Street, Kidman was a fixed income analyst at Thomson Reuters and GFI.
Commenting on Kidman’s appointment, Jansen Chua, head of securities finance for State Street APAC, said: “We continue to see increased demand for high-quality liquid assets, and strong growth in the balance of fixed income securities on loan in the APAC region.”
He added: “Robin Kidman has extensive knowledge of the fixed income and financing markets, and his expertise and experience will be of great benefit for our securities finance clients in the region.”
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