Thursday, May 3, 2007

Royal Ahold, Valeo, NXP: Credit-Default Swap Market Movers in Europe

(Bloomberg) -- The risk of owning European corporate bonds rose, according to traders in the credit-default swaps market.

The cost of a credit-default swap based on a 10 million- euro ($13 million) contract on the iTraxx Crossover Series 7 Index, which includes 50 companies with investment-grade and non-investment grade ratings rose 1,500 euros to 205,500 euros, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i read the article..have any idea of all the minimum requirements to open an institutional acct. in credit swaps (i’m owner of an institution)???