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Credit Default Basis

The difference between the synthetic credit risk premium (the price of credit risk quoted in a credit default swap) and the...

CDS Basis

The difference between the synthetic credit risk premium (the price of credit risk quoted in a credit default swap) and the...

CDS Par Spread

The spread that makes the value of a credit default swap (CDS) with the same maturity equal to zero at the present....

CDS Spread

A premium which is paid quarterly by the protection buyer in a credit default swap (CDS) to the protection seller. It is quoted in basis points per...

CLD

It stands for credit-linked deposit; a credit-linked hybrid that combines a deposit with a credit default swap that the investor (depositor) sells to the deposit...

Credit-Linked Deposit

A credit-linked hybrid that combines a deposit with a credit default swap that the investor (depositor) sells to the deposit taker. The principal amount of the...

Long CDS

Buying a credit default swap (CDS); a long position in a credit default swap (CDS). It is equivalent to shorting credit risk, i.e., having a...

Marked-To-Market Swap

Any swap where settlement takes place by periodically marking interest payments to market (marking to market, MTM). For example, in a credit default swap (CDS),...

Basket Credit Default Swap

A credit default swap (CDS) in which the protection buyer pays a fee (premium) to purchase default protection on a number of debtors or debt issuers....

Basket Default Swap

A credit default swap (CDS) in which the protection buyer pays a fee (premium) to purchase default protection on a number of debtors or debt issuers....