Australia

Based in Sydney, Cochrane was previously executive director of rates and repo sales at the firm

CBA is the organisation’s first Australia-based validation agent and will work to champion broader industry efforts to harmonise the use of identifiers to promote greater transparency

Based in Sydney, Otto Vaisanen will focus on clearance and collateral

Chang will be responsible for the continued development of Citi’s markets franchise in the region. She replaces Mark Woodruff

Bethel Loh of AustralianSuper will volunteer his time to lead the Global Peer Financing Association in Australia

The Australian superannuation fund has selected BNP Paribas’ Securities Services to provide triparty services for its trading activity

This will provide a cloud-based solution that meets data-residency requirements in the Australian market, along with up to 300 per cent reduction in processing time for end-of-day batch requirements

The mandate is expected to draw on both firms’ trading solutions and industry experience to create more liquid, transparent and efficient fixed income markets