Credit Derivatives

Ren Raw Chen*, Jing Zhi Huang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Credit derivatives are instruments used to measure, manage, and transfer credit risk. Recently, there has been an explosive growth in the use of these instruments in the financial markets. This chapter reviews the structure and use of some credit derivative instruments that are popular in practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Finance, Third Edition
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages573-584
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783030912314
ISBN (Print)9783030912307
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 01 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Keywords

  • Asset swaps
  • Basket default swaps
  • Credit default swaps
  • Credit derivatives
  • Credit risk
  • Credit spread options
  • Credit spreads
  • Default risk
  • Default swaps
  • Total return swaps

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