Credit Derivatives
Credit derivatives
In finance, a credit derivative is a financial instrument or derivative whose price and value derives from the creditworthiness of the obligations of a third party, which is isolated and traded."[1] Credit default products are the most commonly traded credit derivative product[2] and include unfunded products such as credit default swaps and funded products such as synthetic CDOs (see further discussion below).
Credit derivatives in their simplest form are bilateral contracts between a buyer and seller under which the seller sells protection against certain pre-agreed events occurring in relation to a third party (usually a corporate or sovereign) known as a reference entity; which affect the creditworthiness of that reference entity. The reference entity will not (except in certain very limited circumstances) be a party to the credit derivatives contract, and will usually be unaware of the contract's existence.
Where credit protection is bought and sold......
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