ITraxx
Basel III charge could spur interest in CCDS
Development of CCDS could be pushed ahead by Basel III CVA charge, suggest market participants
Offshore activities create surge in spreads on iTraxx Australia
Jack of all trades
Index roundup
Index roundup
Eurozone CDS spreads continue narrowing trend
Debt protection costs on eurozone peripherals declined again, while fears of Egyptian unrest remain
CDS spreads continue to fall across eurozone periphery
The cost of swaps protecting against a state default of eurozone peripheral states continued to decline today.
Eurozone CDS spreads continue downward trajectory
Debt protection costs on eurozone sovereigns fall while Irish financials enjoy mixed day
Haircut fears push up bank CDS prices
Spreads on the credit index for senior European financials widen as EU releases burden-sharing consultation paper
Hedging spurs growth in credit swaptions
Market jitters and lower bid/offer spreads promote growth in credit swaptions
Eurex freezes marketing of CDS clearing
Eurex has halted the marketing of its credit default swap (CDS) clearing operation after failing to attract sufficient business, Risk understands.
Markit to start trading emerging market sovereign credit risk index
The Markit iTraxx SovX CEEMEA (Central and East European, Middle East and Africa) index will start trading on January 20. The index is part of the Markit iTraxx SovX family of sovereign credit default swap indexes.
A market model on the iTraxx
A market model for the dynamics of credit-risky baskets and indexes such as the iTraxx has long been sought, but because of difficulties with the natural numéraire has remained elusive. Here, Philippe Carpentier proposes using hedging arguments to…
Ice clears €5.9 billion of CDSs in first week
Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange’s (Ice) European central clearing facility, Ice Clear Europe, has cleared €5.9 billion of credit default swap (CDS) index trades in its first week of operation.
Derivatives Summit: Investors should heed lessons of crisis, summit told
Investors should heed the lessons of the credit crunch by changing the products they invest in, said senior BNP Paribas bankers speaking at Risk ’s 2008 Derivatives Summit in London.
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Correlation funds pitched following hedging woes
Credit managers are expanding strategies playing on changes in correlation and relative value, which were calamitous for the hedging strategies of some dealers and investors during July and August.
Credit fears subdued by BoA investment in Countrywide
Dealers believe the $2 billion investment by Bank of America in troubled California-based mortgage lender Countrywide Financial helped ease credit worries during morning trading in Europe.
Equity meltdown causes "sheer panic" in credit trading
As the equity markets continued their freefall today, the credit default swap market took a lead in what was described by one trader as a morning of sheer panic.
Tradition plans high-yield CDS offering
Tradition, the London-based interdealer broker, plans to offer European high-yield and crossover credit default swaps (CDSs) by the end of the year.
JP Morgan launches tradable iTraxx total return swaps
JP Morgan has today launched tradable iTraxx total return swaps (TRS) that will enable investors to have both long and short exposure risk in the European credit derivatives market.
Fitch sees stable credit risk for iTraxx Asia ex-Japan Series 5
The credit risk of the overall iTraxx Asia ex-Japan Series 5 credit default swap (CDS) index is “broadly stable” following its rollover from Series 4, notwithstanding a ratings deterioration of certain tranches within the index, according to a report by…
Markit to calculate iTraxx values
Frankfurt-based International Index Company (IIC) has appointed UK-based data services provider Markit as exclusive calculation agent for the iTraxx indexes, which track the prices of credit derivatives.
TriOptima executes more CDS tear-ups
TriOptima, the Stockholm-based company specialising in multilateral swaps terminations, conducted a further round of the US Dow Jones CDX credit default swap (CDS) index tear-ups yesterday, tearing up $650 billion in notional with a mark-to-market value…
Eurex to launch CDS index product
Eurex has licensed International Index Company's European iTraxx indexes in preparation for the launch of an exchange-traded contract based on the European credit default swap (CDS) index before the end of the year.