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CSO

It stands for credit spread option; an option whose payoff depends on the spread between the yields earned on two...

Synthetic Credit Risk Premium

The price of credit risk quoted in a credit default swap. This price is derived indirectly from the credit risk...

Self-Referencing CDS

A credit default swap (CDS) in which the reference entity is not a third party. More specifically, the credit risk...

Collateral Valuation Adjustment

It is part of xVA (cross valuation adjustments); it refers to the pricing adjustment made for a collateralized derivative. It...

Exchange-Listed Option

An option contract, call or put, that trades (i.e., is listed) on an organized or regulated securities or futures exchange....

Listed Option

An option contract, call or put, that trades (i.e., is listed) on an organized or regulated securities or futures exchange....

Cash Market Premium

The price of credit risk as traded in the cash market using asset swaps. In other words, it is the...

Omicron Risk

The risk that arises from the possibility that changes in credit spreads (omicron) will inversely affect the value of a...

Synthetic CDO

A credit derivative (originally a collateralized debt obligation) whereby the credit risk on a reference portfolio is transferred between the...

Spread Derivative

A credit derivative that is based on a credit spread as observed from market spread levels, for the purpose of...