Preface Introduction The credit crisis and the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis have highlighted the native form of credit risk, namely counterparty risk. This is the risk of non-payment of promised cash flows due to the default of a party in an over the counter (OTC) derivative...

A timely guide to understanding and implementing credit derivatives Credit derivatives are here to stay and will continue to play a role in finance in the future. But what will that role be? What issues and challenges should be addressed? And what lessons can be learned from the credit mess?...

pt. 1. Expert views -- pt. 2. Credit derivatives : methods -- pt. 3. Credit derivatives : products -- pt. 4. Counterparty risk pricing and credit valuation adjustment -- pt. 5. Equity to credit -- pt. 6. Miscellanea : liquidity, ratings, risk contributions, and simulation.