Oracle's 5-year credit default swaps are tumbling after the company announced a $50 billion debt and equity financing plan.

Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. They can play a pivotal part in financial and investment industries, as they ...

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union's agreement with banks for a voluntary 50 percent writedown on their Greek bond holdings means $3.7 billion of debt-insurance contracts won't be triggered, ...

Investors are getting nervous the U.S. government might struggle to pay its debt — and they are snapping up insurance in case it defaults. The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has ...

As Oracle pours money into artificial intelligence, investors are finding it more and more expensive to insure against a potential AI meltdown. The price of Oracle’s five-year credit default swaps hit ...

The recent 7th Circuit ruling affirmed a decision by the Southern District of Indiana, applying New York law, to enjoin payment under a credit-default swap. If extended, the precedent may become a ...

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence in the credit-default swaps market may be undermined by the European Union's plan to resolve the euro region's sovereign debt crisis. The EU said yesterday that it ...

Market regulators agreed yesterday to collaborate on the oversight of credit default swaps, the insurance-like derivative contracts that got American International Group into trouble, and said that at ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - SEC Chairman Christopher Cox has called on Congress to pass legislation that would make so-called credit default swaps more transparent, including requiring that dealers in ...

Investors are getting nervous the U.S. government might struggle to pay its debt — and they are snapping up insurance in case it defaults. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The ...