Topic: Credit Default Swaps

Thursday is the deadline for the Greek bond swap.   Read More

It's been a tough week for the euro, and this strategist has a plan to trade on the troubles.   Read More

The fall of MF Global has claimed another victim — this time it’s the credit rating of CME Group.    Read More

The French bank Credit Agricole is planning on major changes to the way it operates in order to avoid new capital requirements being imposed by global financial regulators.   Read More

The first mistake was to try to arrange a voluntary haircut in the first place, when the Greek government should simply have defaulted.    Read More

European finance ministers are expected to approve today a plan to leverage—or increase the firepower of—the EU rescue fund, known as the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).    Read More

Jefferies finally seems to be winning the battle against its critics—and the shorts.   Read More

Some of the hedge funds that made the biggest and most sophisticated bets against European sovereign debt began reversing those trades last week.    Read More

Over the weekend, Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times penned a column explaining what it was that doomed MF Global.    Read More