Discover the types and uses of credit derivatives, including credit default swaps, and how they mitigate risk in financial ...

The recent correction in the bond markets could prove to be a boon for emerging market CDOs, according to bankers. A few synthetic deals are in the pipeline, including one being arranged by Goldman ...

Discover what synthetic CDOs are, how they operate in finance, and see examples. Learn about their structure, risks, and ...

The ranks of firms looking to set up highly-rated, limited-purpose companies to act as counterparties in credit default swaps are swelling as they look to offload CDO-generated risks. The ranks of ...

Financial derivatives have greatly enhanced the range of tools available for managing financial risks. Currently, derivatives are widely used to mitigate and reallocate the financial risk related to ...

A report on financial risk based on a survey answered by 175 bankers, regulators and corporate users was published last month by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation. They were asked to ...

Credit spreads continued to tighten across all major markets in 2006, further crimping income from trading liquid derivatives for dealers. Some banks took this as a cue to pull back from market making ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in some structured credit deals using derivatives are seen as likely to unwind them after new U.S. accounting rules are introduced that will require the derivatives to ...

At the heart of the global financial crisis of 2007-09 was an obscure credit derivative called the collateralised debt obligation (CDO). CDOs were financial products based on debts – most notoriously, ...

Derivatives, a special kind of investment, played a key role in the financial crisis and generated $20 billion for Wall Street last year. They are also central in President Obama's push for financial ...

The bond market used to be a place that was safe for widows and orphans, but recent developments, including the fast growth of credit derivatives and hedge funds, are changing this formerly quiet ...

NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Banks may face new capital calls from insurance they sold on corporate debt as losses from the defaults of Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and others threaten large ...