Credit derivatives
Hedging spurs growth in credit swaptions
Market jitters and lower bid/offer spreads promote growth in credit swaptions
Thomson Reuters begins distributing Chinese CRMI data
Vendor overcomes regulatory obstacles to publish data on credit derivatives, is first to do so
Best bank for credit derivatives: Goldman Sachs
Best bank for credit derivatives: Goldman Sachs
Global OTC derivatives widely dispersed, Isda survey finds
Five largest US-based dealers hold 37% of total notional, trade association says
Special report: CDS
Special report: CDS
CDS: Fitting into the framework
Fitting into the framework
Regulatory wrangles in the CDS market
Regulatory wrangles
Q&A: Jonathan Di Giambattista
Q&A: Jonathan Di Giambattista
All hail relative value
All hail relative value
China beefing up derivatives master agreements; possible Isda friction?
Efforts by Nafmii to bolster the definitions of China’s over-the-counter derivatives master agreements should help market development. But there are concerns about potential copyright infringement related to Isda master agreements.
Morgan Stanley is mystery buyer of Natixis CDS portfolio
Morgan Stanley is said to have acquired the bulk of an €8.6 billion portfolio of complex credit derivatives from Natixis last month.
US regulatory overhaul reaches final stages
Final version of Dodd-Frank financial reform bill tones down most draconian elements.
Lack of co-ordination contributes to European market sell-off
The Bafin decree on short selling in May signalled a lack of agreement by European regulators, say participants
Naked euro currency swaps face same fate as CDSs in Germany
Germany broadens shorting ban scope
China readies for launch of onshore CDS
Financial risk management tools seen as essential for Chinese bank development
US politicians don't know the difference between CDS and insurance: Aaron Brown column
Lawmakers seeking to clamp down on the use of credit default swaps should remember that hedging and insurance are two very different concepts
Isda AGM: Rate of decrease in CDS notional falls
The rate of decrease in notional volumes of credit default swaps (CDSs) has slowed, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s year-end 2009 market survey, which was unveiled at its annual general meeting in San Francisco on April…
Buy-side CDS clearing 'not really happening'
Despite regulatory calls for buy-side clearing of credit derivatives, few client trades are being cleared.
Profiting from CDOs
Investors that snapped up cash bonds and other simple credit assets at the start of last year have made large profits as the credit market rallied strongly in 2009. While many of the obvious credit opportunities have disappeared, some market participants…
Fair-value freeze in Japan
Corporates and financial institutions have long awaited the introduction of the internationally accepted fair-value option to hedge accounting in Japan. They believe a fair-value option would allow more institutions to hedge their risks, particularly in…
