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Investors look to profit from record low equity volatility
Hedge funds holding their nerve in game of volatility limbo
Forward-starting swaps surge as market avoids Sefs
Derivatives users look to non-standard swaps to avoid Sef execution mandate
Energy firms ponder Mifid exemptions and position limits
Esma commodity proposals closely scrutinised by market participants
Dealers opt to break reporting rules in privacy clash
No easy solution as European and US reporting rules collide with foreign laws
Out of office: banks debate merits of shared processing
Sliding profits are prompting banks to take a new look at an old idea – an industry run back-office utility
Investors poised as banks weigh fixed-income spin-offs
Ultra-high-net-worth investors ready to sink $300 million into market-making revolution
Baml hires Hines for Emea flow equity derivatives sales role
Paul Baron moves to the US as head of US flow equity derivatives sales
Banks spend to save in fixed-income efficiency drive
Wastefulness of 20-year bull market will take years to reverse, dealers expect
Unfinished rules likely to cause continued hedging woes
Post-crisis laws are generating deep uncertainty for commodity market
Asset quality trumps hedging cost in volatile currencies
Correlation of currency and underlying asset militates against hedging
No easy fix for CCP investment loss issue, banks fear
BoE says 'some logic' in members sharing CCP investment returns and risk
Carbon reform may be shaken by European Parliament vote
Fringe gains could see proposals to modify emissions market suffer
More 'adult supervision' needed, SEC's Muoio tells conference
Regulation the main topic at Structured Products Americas
European gas hubs stand to benefit from crisis in Ukraine
Crisis thought likely to accelerate shift towards hub-based pricing
US muni treasurers warn LCR could crimp spending
If US regulators do not count muni debt as highly liquid, issuers fear financing cost rise
SEC reveals ‘two-pronged’ approach to policing notes
Big data and industry experts help unit bring enforcement actions
EU regulators concerned by CFTC's foreign CCP rules
UK's FCA warns US plans may not pass European equivalence test
CFTC eases Dodd-Frank burden on energy companies
Steps on position limits and de minimis threshold seen as "great news"
CFTC accord bolsters Ferc drive to catch manipulation
Information sharing MOU has been "extremely helpful" for energy regulator
Banks breach EU and US reporting rules to avoid privacy clash
Two dealers admit to masking customer identities to avoid a conflict of law
Fuel hedgers bemoan bank retrenchment from commodities
Delta Air Lines sees fewer counterparties for bilateral trades
BoE and Citadel clash over Sifi status for funds
Asset managers could pose systemic risk, says BoE official
Buy-side swaps use set to decline, survey suggests
Almost 60% of asset managers expect interest rate swap volumes to fall
German banks add estimated values to PIBs
HSBC Trinkaus goes it alone with the provision of daily estimates