Credit default swaps
Credit jitters drive CDS volumes to new highs in Q2
US retail funds increase sold protection as credit default swap index notional hits $185bn
Supersize me: top US houses grab bigger share of pie
Dealer Rankings 2026: For US funds and insurers, filings show more business going to five domestic dealers
Ucits funds ramped up macro trades in latest data
Counterparty Radar: FX forwards and rate swaps set records last year, with inflation and index CDS books also booming
Goldman gobbles up credit options
Counterparty Radar: Q1 surge comes as US mutual funds and life insurers pile into index CDSs
Fourth-trigger CDS market weighs going blind
Dealers see benefit of undisclosed, replenishable pools – but not everyone is convinced
Double, but no trouble? CVA capital hit may lack clout
Industry opinion mixed around Basel III endgame derivatives charge
Top US banks load up on derivatives in Q1
Credit, commodity and interest rate notionals balloon
CDS notional tops $8trn as clearing spike hits records
Investment-grade trades drive biggest weekly rise since 2013
UniCredit’s credit derivatives notional jumps 125%
Increases in protection bought and sold far outpaced European peers
Small bond fund breaks ranks with bumper sovereign CDS bets
Counterparty Radar: Boston Management and Research builds sizeable protection-heavy positions across narrower set of issuers
Ice CDS volumes surge as investors hedge Iran shock
Single-name volumes outpace indexes as investors target specific risks
Long way round: EU banks lament credit spread saga
EBA ditches some of banks’ preferred qualitative reasonings – and shortcuts – for CSRBB exclusion
CDS financials index to relaunch – minus big bank names
Revamped index drops G-Sibs and adds BDCs, but questions remain around use cases
Italy’s spread problem is not (always) a credit story
Occasional doubts over Italy’s role in the monetary union adds political risk premium, argues economist
Ardagh CDS outcome satisfies some, but presents more questions
Early restructuring trigger and asset-package delivery could signify a new era for European trades
Crisis-era CDO protection keeps on giving for Athene
Apollo-owned insurer still sees payments from sold CDS protection on a 2006 synthetic resecuritisation
Hopes rise for EU re-entry to UK swaps market
EC says discussions on draft decision softening derivatives trading obligation are ‘advanced’
Credit derivatives surge to nine-year high at top US banks
$1.35 trillion notional added as banks ramp up CDS activity
Ardagh review sparks CDS warnings
Lawyers warn a panel’s decision on the company’s restructuring will have wider implications
Credit default swaps break through fourth wall
Fourth-trigger CDS trading ramps up as more protection sellers enter field
Credit derivatives house of the year: Barclays
Risk Awards 2026: Move to central risk book model for bonds brings more hedging flexibility and helps boost market share