credit default swap — UK US noun [C] (also credit swap) ► FINANCE a type of credit derivative in which the buyer pays the seller for the right to get money back if a particular loan, bond, etc. is not paid back: »The cornerstone of the credit derivatives market is the … Financial and business terms
Credit default swap — If the reference bond performs without default, the protection buyer pays quarterly payments to the seller until maturity … Wikipedia
Credit Default Swap - CDS — A swap designed to transfer the credit exposure of fixed income products between parties. A credit default swap is also referred to as a credit derivative contract, where the purchaser of the swap makes payments up until the maturity date of a… … Investment dictionary
Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis — Main article: Subprime mortgage crisis Credit rating agencies played a very important role at various stages in the subprime crisis. They have been highly criticized for understating the risk involved with new, complex securities that fueled the… … Wikipedia
Credit insurance — is a term used to describe both business credit insurance (a.k.a. trade credit insurance) and consumer credit insurance, e.g., credit life insurance, credit disability insurance (a.k.a. credit accident and health insurance), and credit… … Wikipedia
Credit Derivatives Product Company — Credit Derivatives Product Companies, or CDPC, are a business almost solely focused on selling credit default swaps contracts. IE, they basically sell insurance against someone failing to pay back a loan ( defaulting ). CDPC are usually highly… … Wikipedia
Credit Suisse — Group AG Type Aktiengesellschaft Traded as SIX: CSGN, NYSE: … Wikipedia
Credit risk — Categories of financial risk Credit risk Concentration risk Market risk Interest rate risk Currency risk Equity risk Commodity risk Liquidity risk Refinancing risk … Wikipedia
Credit derivative — In finance, a credit derivative is a securitized derivative whose value is derived from the credit risk on an underlying bond, loan or any other financial asset. In this way, the credit risk is on an entity other than the counterparties to the… … Wikipedia
Credit (finance) — Domestic credit to private sector in 2005 … Wikipedia
