The company is called the reference entity and the default is called credit event. It is a contract between two parties, called protection buyer and protection seller. Under the contract, the protection buyer is compensated for any loss emanating from a credit event in a reference instrument. In return, the protection buyer makes periodic payments to the protection seller. In the event of a default, the buyer receives the face value of the bond or loan from the protection seller.
In this, A is the protection buyer and B is the protection seller. If the reference entity does not default, the protection buyer keeps on paying bps of Rs 50 crore, which is Rs 50 lakh, to the protection seller every year. On the contrary, if a credit event occurs, the protection buyer will be compensated fully by the protection seller. The settlement of the CDS takes place either through cash settlement or physical settlement.
For cash settlement, the price is set by polling the dealers and a mid-market value of the reference obligation is used for settlement. There are different types of credit events such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, and restructuring. Bankruptcy refers to the insolvency of the reference entity. Failure to pay refers to the inability of the borrower to make payment of the principal and interest after the completion of the grace period. Restructuring refers to the change in the terms of the debt contract, which is detrimental to the creditors.
If the credit event does not occur before the maturity of the loan, the protection seller does not make any payment to the buyer. CDS can be structured either for the event of shortfall in principal or shortfall in interest. There are three options for calculating the size of payment by the seller to the buyer.
Fixed cap: The maximum amount paid by the protection seller is the fixed rate. Variable cap: The protection seller compensates the buyer for any interest shortfall and the limit set is Libor plus fixed pay. No cap: In this case, the protection seller has to compensate for shortfall in interest without any limit.
The modelling of the CDS price is based on modelling the probability of default and recovery rate in the event of a credit event. Although used for hedging credit risks, credit default swap CDS has been held culpable for vitiating financial stability of an economy.
This is particularly attributable to the capital inadequacy of the protection sellers. Counter-party concentration risk and hedging risk are the major risks in the CDS market. Related Definitions. Browse Companies:. Mail this Definition. The value of the swap can fluctuate, depending on the probability of a credit event.
If necessary, investors can exit the contract by selling their interest to another individual or entity. GoCardless helps you automate payment collection, cutting down on the amount of admin your team needs to deal with when chasing invoices. Find out how GoCardless can help you with ad hoc payments or recurring payments.
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It is similar to insurance because it provides the buyer of the contract, who often owns the underlying credit, with protection against default, a credit rating downgrade , or another negative "credit event. The seller of the contract assumes the credit risk that the buyer does not wish to shoulder in exchange for a periodic protection fee similar to an insurance premium , and is obligated to pay only if a negative credit event occurs.
It is important to note that the CDS contract is not actually tied to a bond, but instead references it. For this reason, the bond involved in the transaction is called the "reference obligation. As mentioned above, the buyer of a CDS will gain protection or earn a profit, depending on the purpose of the transaction, when the reference entity the issuer has a negative credit event. If such an event occurs, the party that sold the credit protection, and who has assumed the credit risk, must deliver the value of principal and interest payments that the reference bond would have paid to the protection buyer.
With the reference bonds still having some depressed residual value , the protection buyer must, in turn, deliver either the current cash value of the referenced bonds or the actual bonds to the protection seller, depending on the terms agreed upon at the onset of the contract. If there is no credit event, the seller of protection receives the periodic fee from the buyer, and profits if the reference entity's debt remains good through the life of the contract and no payoff takes place.
However, the contract seller is taking the risk of big losses if a credit event occurs. A CDS has two main uses, with the first being that it can be used as a hedge or insurance policy against the default of a bond or loan. An individual or company that is exposed to a lot of credit risk can shift some of that risk by buying protection in a CDS contract. This may be preferable to selling the security outright if the investor wants to reduce exposure and not eliminate it, avoid taking a tax hit or just eliminate exposure for a certain period of time.
The second use is for speculators to "place their bets" about the credit quality of a particular reference entity. With the value of the CDS market larger than the bonds and loans that the contract's reference, it is obvious that speculation has grown to be the most common function for a CDS contract. A CDS provides a very efficient way to take a view on the credit of a reference entity.
An investor with a positive view on the credit quality of a company can sell protection and collect the payments that go along with it rather than spend a lot of money to load up on the company's bonds. An investor with a negative view of the company's credit can buy protection for a relatively small periodic fee and receive a big payoff if the company defaults on its bonds or has some other credit event.
A CDS can also serve as a way to access maturity exposures that would otherwise be unavailable, access credit risk when the supply of bonds is limited, or invest in foreign credits without currency risk.
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