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, Bank of America (BAC ...

Indeed, commercial banks are among the most active in this market, with the top 25 banks holding more than $13 trillion in credit default swaps — where they acted as either the insured or ...

An investor buying a credit default swap pays a regular fee to transfer the risk that a debt security may default to the party providing the insurance, such as banks and hedge funds.

CDSs, however, also played a pivotal role in the 2008 financial crisis. In this post, we’ll discuss how credit default swaps work, how they’re used, and the risks and benefits to consider.

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.

An index averaging five-year credit-default swap prices on debt from U.S. banks Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp. has declined 54 ...

Banks that have entered into billions of dollars of credit-linked notes transactions or gotten approval to do so recently include U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis, Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, ...

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 ...

By including a credit default swap in the notes, the issuer can effectively transfer credit risk tied to a pool of loans — such as mortgages or auto debt — to investors tempted by yields of ...

Credit default swaps are a crucial profit center for big banks. According to a report by Deloitte, the financial instruments account for roughly $55 billion of the banking industry's annual revenue.

DTCC may raise credit-default swap disclosure-report By Reuters October 30, 200811:34 PM PDTUpdated October 30, 2008 ...