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 an insurance contract purchased to protect against (or speculate on) the possibility that an entity will default on its payment obligations. If you lend money to ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

Cost of insuring U.S. government debt against default highest since 2011 By William Watts Last Updated: April 28, 2023, 11:58 a.m. ET First Published: April 27, 2023, 12:07 p.m. ET Share ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.