Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. They can play a pivotal part in financial and investment industries, as they ...

Market regulators agreed yesterday to collaborate on the oversight of credit default swaps, the insurance-like derivative contracts that got American International Group into trouble, and said that at ...

Oracle's 5-year credit default swaps are tumbling after the company announced a $50 billion debt and equity financing plan.

Credit default swaps at Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems jumped an average of 88 basis points ...

The recent 7th Circuit ruling affirmed a decision by the Southern District of Indiana, applying New York law, to enjoin payment under a credit-default swap. If extended, the precedent may become a ...

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved ICE Swap Trade’s ...

One year after Lehman Brothers developed a credit default swap that referenced preferred securities, eight dealers have come up with a standard form of documentation for this product, which was ...

The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has been rising. Investors are pricing in the increased concerns around the unresolved debt ceiling, several industry watchers said. The surge in ...

Credit derivatives, especially credit default swaps, are expected to continue their upward trajectory due to geopolitical tensions, the AI boom and economic uncertainties. Research from Fortune ...

On Tuesday, in a post on X, Palihapitiya shared a chart showing Oracle’s CDS had surged to 160 basis points, which reflects the rising annual cost of insuring the company’s debt against default.