Credit
Instruments that transfer or hedge the credit/default risk of borrowers.
6 products, each with a five-step lesson, a worked example and a bank of twelve questions.
- Credit Default Swap — Insurance against a borrower defaulting
- CDX Index — A basket of CDS in one tradable index
- Total Return Swap — Rent the full return of an asset
- Credit-Linked Note — A bond whose repayment depends on a credit event
- Asset Swap — Turn a fixed-rate bond into a floating one
- Credit Index Option — An option on a credit index spread