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Credit Protection

A set of measures or tools that can help a creditor/ lender or broadly a market player with certain exposures...

Credit Risk

The risk that a financial loss will be incurred by a party to a financial instrument (or broadly any financial...

XVA

In the context of derivatives valuation, it stands for x-value adjustment or cross value adjustment. It is a broad category...

X-Value Adjustment

In the context of derivatives valuation, it stands for cross value adjustment. It is a broad category of adjustments that...

Default Swap Credit Spread

A credit spread that constitutes an amortized premium for a default-based product (such as a credit default swap, credit option,...

Default Risk

Generally speaking, it is the possibility that firms or individuals would fail to honor their contractual obligations on their borrowed...

Credit Default Insurance

The use of financial instruments to eliminate or mitigate credit and default risks posed by borrowers or issuers of debt...

Credit Derivative

A negotiable contract between two parties (bilateral always) that allows them to manage their credit risk by using a derivative...

Downgrade Trigger

A provision in a derivative contract that stipulates immediate contract termination with a cash settlement if the credit rating of...

Information Asymmetry

A situation that arises when a party to a contract or transaction has more information about it than the other...