ISDA might review restructuring event

The restructuring credit event which is still used in European credit default swap contracts could be reviewed if requested by CDS market participants.

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Greek CDS reaches new records

Greek credit default swaps are trading above 20%

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PIG swaps at record

Yesterday, Greece reported a deficit of 10.5%, higher than the 9.4% of just a couple months ago and Greek CDS continued its upward trend.

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Sara Lee, European sovereign CDS tighter

Some of the active names to close out last week and begin this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday-shortened week in American credit markets.

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Commerzbank CDS reaches new record high

It has not even been 2 weeks into the new year, and yet another bank has experienced an enormous increase in its traded credit risk.

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Ukraine & Latvia see biggest fall in credit risk

As measured by sovereign CDS over the year according to CMA Datavision.

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Western European nation CDS rises past the east

Credit default swaps on western European nations has exceeded that of CDS on central and eastern European, Middle Eastern and African nations for the first time according to the WSJ.

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EU countries vs. US states

A chart of the highest 5-year credit default swaps of European Union member nations versus the highest American municipals (states).

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Ireland swaps reach another high

In what seems to be a weekly event now, Ireland credit default swaps keep rising, and hit another new high today.

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Quanto CDS gaining significance in the Greek trade

What is better than buying credit default swaps protecting several million dollars of Euro-denominated Greek sovereign debt?

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