Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan.

A credit default swap is a type of swap designed to transfer the credit exposure of fixed-income products. It can reference either a single name or an index of names. For the duration of the contract, ...

Credit default swaps (CDS) provide insurance against the default of a debt issuer. With a CDS, the buyer pays a premium to a seller for this protection. If the issuer defaults, the seller ...

Investors have been flocking to U.S. Treasuries as a safe haven due to market turmoil fueled by President Donald Trump’s trade policies, but a looming debt ceiling debate and ongoing political ...

Imagine you run a small business in India and take a loan of ₹1 crore at a floating interest rate of 8%. Over the next year, ...

Credit default swap (CDS) spreads measure the premium to the risk-free interest rate that a bank can expect to pay in the market for 5-year loans. The higher the CDS for any given bank ...

Corporate debt’s halcyon days are showing signs of fading, with trade wars damping what had been a relentless demand for ...

A last-ditch attempt to trigger credit default swap contracts on Credit Suisse has failed after ... a group of banks and investment funds that rules on CDS market matters, voted unanimously against a ...

Credit default swaps on Credit Suisse rallied sharply on Tuesday following ... with UBS ahead of the planned merger between the two former rivals. Five-year CDS on Credit Suisse fell to 127bp on ...

Let's cycle back to that. Let's go through this. In 1999 you started looking at the possibility of doing CDS [credit default swap] deals on mortgage loans. What brought that about? Tell me that story.