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CDS Duration

The duration of a credit default swap (CDS) is the time over which the swap remains in effect, where the two...

Credit Spread 01

With respect to credit default swaps (CDS), it is the credit exposure of the swap at a given point in time (it...

CDS DV01

The change in the value of credit default swap (CDS) in reaction to a one basis point increase in the underlying spread, or underlying...

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....

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...

CDS

An acronym for credit default swap; a swap agreement that gives the holder the right to sell a contractual obligation (bond, loan) for...