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 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 ...

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.

Trading of credit-default swaps insuring U.S. Treasuries soared almost 80 percent as the deadline nears for plans to cut the nation's budget deficit and raise the $14.3 trillion debt limit to ...

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ATLANTA& NEW YORK& LONDON---- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced it has completed the cessation of credit ...

Liquidity in credit default swaps is expanding across more companies while credit spreads in both the investment grade and high-yield sectors have rallied in the United States and Europe this year ...

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.

Five-year Greek credit default swaps rose to 298 basis points from 285 basis points at the New York Close, according to monitor CMA DataVision. That means it costs 298,000 euros to insure an ...

* In finance, an arrangement that provides a bondholder with insurance against default by the bond's issuer, usually in exchange for regular payments. * A form of credit derivative that can be ...