Credit default swaps are like insurance for investors. Buyers pay a fee to protect themselves in case the borrower — in this case the U.S. government — can't repay their debt.

Credit default swaps are like insurance for investors. Buyers pay a fee to protect themselves in case the borrower — in this case the U.S. government — can't repay their debt.

Credit default swaps are like insurance for investors. Buyers pay a fee to protect themselves in case the borrower — in this case the U.S. government — can't repay their debt.

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.

Spreads on U.S. one-year credit default swaps (CDS) - market-based gauges of the risk of a default - widened to 49 basis points on Thursday, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, the ...

Moody's Investor Service's downgrading of credit ratings at several large U.S. banks could make services like insurance and products including credit default swaps more expensive for affected ...

Credit default swaps tied to Credit Suisse Group AG subordinated debt are tumbling after a panel ruled that the wipe-out of the Additional Tier 1 notes won’t trigger a payout. One-year CDS were ...

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

Turbulence in Europe's banks following the implosion of 167-year-old Credit Suisse and runs on regional banks in the U.S. has focused attention on the role played by credit default swaps in all ...

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.