credit-derivatives

NEW YORK—The Chicago Board Options Exchange is expanding its listed credit-derivatives offering to allow investors to hedge or speculate on a default among five Wall Street broker dealers.

CBOE Offers a Bet on Wall Street Defaults Katy Burne 2011

These moves echo bets in Europe's credit-derivatives markets.

Currency 'Fear' Gauges Show Anxiety as Europe Crisis Worsens Neil Shah 2011

Investors need to register each credit-derivatives trade with the association one day after the transaction.

China Launches Trial of Credit Derivatives Shen Hong 2010

A pioneer in the multitrillion-dollar credit-derivatives market is seeking approval for what could be the first exchange catering to privately traded derivatives, or "swaps," instruments that currently trade off-exchange.

Derivatives Entrepreneur to Launch Swaps Exchange Katy Burne 2012

Aurelius, which owns the credit-default-swaps contracts, wrote to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association on Friday asking that a special committee review its claims that Texas Competitive Electric suffered what is known in the credit-derivatives industry as a "bankruptcy credit event" even though it hasn't filed for bankruptcy protection.

When Is a Default a Default? Katy Burne 2011

A spokeswoman for the Justice Department said Friday that the U.S. agency's investigation into the credit-derivatives sector is ongoing.

EU Opens Probes of a Swaps Market Matthew Dalton 2011

The difficult birth of the credit-derivatives market is an example of how the country's financial markets move forward under two different regulators.

China Considers Rules Allowing Risk Hedging 2011

The draft rules would bring China's fledgling credit-derivatives market more into line with global practices.

China Considers Rules Allowing Risk Hedging 2011

A spokeswoman for the Justice Department said Friday that the U.S. agency's investigation into the credit-derivatives sector is ongoing.

EU Probes Credit-Default-Swaps Market Matthew Dalton 2011

A section of the credit-derivatives industry's standard definitions provides that "if a company becomes insolvent…or admits in writing in a judicial, regulatory or administrative proceeding or filing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due," it is bankrupt, Aurelius notes.

When Is a Default a Default? Katy Burne 2011