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  • Fx volatility, particularly in sterling, has increased on the back of increased options trading due to the uncertainty of the outcome of the upcoming Thursday Scottish referendum. This comes following months of historically low fx vols and a continued slump in trading volumes.
  • Hedge funds and asset managers with exposure to Russian banks have been buying credit default swaps on EU companies with exposure to Russia, implementing a proxy hedge in light of new sanctions against Russian reference entities, writes Hazel Sheffield, just as one law firm warned of the perils of trading CDS on the country's credits.
  • Overall credit default swap notional reported to swap data repositories last week increased 33% from the previous week, according to data form the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
  • Cees Vermaas, ex-ceo of NYSE Euronext Amsterdam, has been appointed managing director and ceo at CME Europe in London.
  • The Commodity and Futures Trading Commission is in talks with US clearinghouses, discussing the possibility of making some fx derivatives contracts mandatorily clearable by either year’s end, or Q1 2015.
  • The over-the-counter Derivatives Regulators Group is looking at various approaches to resolve cross-border implementation issues, especially pertaining to organised trading platforms and how they can be regulated.