Credit default swap
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(CDS).
A variety of swap agreement that enables the effective transfer of credit risk from one party to the other.
The pricing of credit default swaps is used as a market valuation of relative counterparty risk.
See also
- BCDS
- Capital market swap
- Constant maturity credit default swap
- Counterparty risk
- Credit
- Credit default swap index
- Credit risk
- Default
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association
- Putting a limit on losses
- Swap
- Swap overlay
