Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. Here's what you need to know.

A credit default swap is, essentially, insurance purchased against the possibility of default. Credit default swaps became famous (or, rather, infamous) during the financial crisis of 2008-09.

Market regulators agreed yesterday to collaborate on the oversight of credit default swaps, the insurance-like derivative contracts that got American International Group into trouble, and said ...

A credit default swap is a form of insurance on bonds that investors buy and sell. When it looks like a bond issuer might have trouble paying, its CDS prices soar because the bonds are more risky.

As of Jan. 25, swap rates indicate more than five 25-basis-point cuts by the ECB and the Fed by the end of 2024, down from December bets that both banks would cut more than six times.

Credit default swaps are back in fashion — even if the panic might be overblown By Lee Ying Shan, CNBC and Anniek Bao, CNBC • Published May 28, 2025 • Updated on May 28, 2025 at 4:54 pm ...

The cost of insuring euro-denominated credit against default was unchanged, having risen on Friday after Trump threatened 50% tariffs on goods from the EU.

Credit Traders Are Using Default Swaps to Hedge Their Bets on Interest Rates Nomura AM, BlueBay, AXA buying protection in CDS indexes Investors have tempered expectations for central bank cuts ...

Credit default swaps are back in fashion — even if the panic might be overblown By Lee Ying Shan, CNBC and Anniek Bao, CNBC • Published May 28, 2025 • Updated on May 28, 2025 at 6:54 pm ...