For the week ending on June 27, Russia, Turkey and Australia topped the list of countries that would pay out the highest net notional amount in the event of default.
Slovenia and News America saw the biggest changes in this week's Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) ranking of the size of sovereign and corporate credit default swaps.
Lithuania and Dong Energy saw the biggest changes in this week's Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) ranking of the size of sovereign and corporate credit default swaps.
Argentina and Orix Corp. saw the biggest changes in this week's Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) ranking of the size of sovereign and corporate credit default swaps.
"Why would anyone buy credit default swaps on the U.S. government? If the U.S. ever defaulted it would be because the world ended, so no one would be around to pay you on your CDS," is a thing that people more or less used to say.
Global regulators are planning to crack down on banks that underestimate their capital requirements because of the way they use credit-default swaps and other instruments to lower the amount of risk on their books.
Ukraine and Macy's Retail Holdings saw the biggest changes in this week's Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) ranking of the size of sovereign and corporate credit default swaps.
Croatia and Weatherford International saw the biggest changes in this week's Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) ranking of the size of sovereign and corporate credit default swaps.
Ireland and Sanmina-Sci Corp. saw the biggest changes in this week's Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) ranking of the size of sovereign and corporate credit default swaps.
