SINGAPORE, May 14 (Reuters) - The silver "fix", a globalbenchmark for spot silver prices, will cease to operateafter Aug. 14, the company that administers the process said onWednesday, amid increasing regulatory scrutiny of price-settingin bullion markets.
Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC and Bank of NovaScotia will continue to participate in the fix untilthen, the London Silver Market Fixing Ltd said.
Last month, Deutsche Bank resigned its seat on the Londonprecious metal fixes without finding a buyer after its decisionto withdraw from the bulk of its commodities business. (Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi and Melanie Burton; Editing byRichard Pullin)