Definition of Credit Default Swap



Credit default swap is a document that allows you to exchange your default risk with someone else. As a lender, everyone is worried about the loss of investment if the borrower gets defaulted. To overcome this, a derivative product called credit default swap or CDS is used.

 


An investor who has invested in bonds issued by company A. He is afraid that company A might get defaulted. So he goes to a bank and buys a credit default swap in order to make sure that the bank will pay for his loss in case the default happens.


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