Calculation agent

See cash settlement.

Cancellation of debt income (COD income)

Cancellation of debt (COD) income is a term used in the US to describe the...

Cash settlement

A payout following a credit event in which the protection seller pays the...

CDO

See collateralised debt obligation.

CDX

A family of mainly North American credit indices administered by Markit.  

Chemtura

Chemtura is a Middlebury, Connecticut-based chemicals company with $1.2 billion...

Cheyne Capital

Cheyne is a European credit specialist and alternative asset manager. ...

CLO

See collateralised loan obligation.

Collateralised bond obligation (CBO)

A CDO consisting of corporate bond exposures.

Collateralised loan obligation (CLO)

A CDO consisting of corporate loan exposures.

Copula

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Correlation

See implied correlation, default correlation.  

Counterparty risk

The risk that a counterparty to a derivative trade will be unable or unwilling...

Cramming down

A class of creditors is said to be crammed down if it is forced to accept the...

Credit default swap (CDS)

Credit default swaps, also known as default swaps, credit swaps and CDS, are the...

Credit derivative index

See credit index.

Credit event

An event that gives a protection buyer the right to settle a credit derivative....

Credit fixing

See tradable credit fixings.

Credit index

A credit derivative index is a basket of single name credit default swaps with...

Credit index tranches

See index tranche.

Credit swaption

An option on a credit default swap. Credit swaptions allow traders to take a...

Credit volatility

See implied spread volatility.

Credit-linked note (CLN)

A funded credit default swap in which an investor sells protection by buying a...

Cross acceleration

see cross default

Cross default

A provision in a debt instruments that allows it to be accelerated if there is a...

Cushion

Or reserve, see constant proportion portfolio insurance.