* 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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Spreads on U.S. six-month credit default swaps (CDS) - market-based gauges of the risk of a default - widened to 70 basis points on Friday from 65 bps on Thursday, according to S&P Global Market ...