This prefatory article is the opening of a tripartite series focusing on the most widely used type of credit derivative - credit default swaps. Part I presents investors with an introduction to ...

A credit default swap is insurance against the possibility of default. Learn about their role in the financial crisis of 2007-09.

Credit default swaps are a portfolio management tool that gained notoriety during the peak of the 2008 financial crisis. These derivative investments are bit more complex than stocks, mutual funds ...

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The European sovereign debt crisis stands as the latest in a long line of similar crises. Argentina in 2001. Russia in 1998. Mexico in 1994. The list goes back into history ...

The term ‘credit default swap’ (also known as CDS) is back in the news on the heels of the Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) fallout and the crisis at Credit Suisse (CS). Credit default swaps have ...

Dive into the complexities of Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) with our detailed guide. Learn how a CDS works as a financial derivative to hedge against credit risk.

Understanding a Loan Credit Default Swap (LCDS) The LCDS was introduced to the financial market in 2006. At the time, the hot market for credit default swaps showed that there was still an ...

Credit default swaps are like insurance for investors. Buyers pay a fee to protect themselves in case the borrower — in this case the U.S. government — can't repay their debt.

Nomura Asset Management’s Richard Hodges began the year by buying credit default swaps, worried that rate cut bets were becoming too aggressive. He reduced the hedge when the cost of protection ...