The rule stems from the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010, in which Congress chose the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the primary regulator to police the markets for security-based swaps (SBS ...

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.

Credit default swaps are insurance-like contracts that promise to cover losses on certain securities in the event of a default. They typically apply to municipal bonds, corporate debt and mortgage ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 -- In what may shape up to be the most expensive payout ever in the credit-default swap market, sellers of insurance against a debt default by Lehman Brothers will have to pay 91 ...

A credit derivative contract used as protection against a potential default on a debt security or for speculation. An investor buying a credit default swap pays a regular fee to transfer the risk ...

Credit-default swaps are back in the headlines --- and that's not good. Here's how to make sense of the financial instrument. Debt-ceiling jitters put obscure instrument back in spotlight.

ICE Swap Trade offers various index CDS products across North American, European and emerging market instruments, and is pleased to now offer single-name CDS. For more information about ICE Swap ...

First, in the chart below, we compare the spreads on US bank credit default swap (CDS) (5-Year CDS) for some of the largest US banks by market cap: Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, ...

A single credit-default swap trade, worth just €5 million, may have sparked Deutsche Bank’s share-price slump on Friday and is being probed. Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar ...