A CDS is a derivative contract which can transfer credit risk without directly transferring any credit asset. Reflecting the growing need to hedge credit risks in financial institutions, etc, the CDS market is expected to grow furthermore.
Currently, CDS's are transacted in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, and therefore it is desirable that a prevailed and transparent benchmark rate exists. To answer to this current situation, TIFFE has decided to distribute CDS Reference Rates with collaboration with many financial institutions. By doing so, TIFFE hopes for market participants such as investors and financing firms to make wide use of these rates as a useful benchmark, and contribute to the development of the Japanese credit markets2.
TIFFE will publish CDS Reference Rates on its new web site at TIFFE will publish CDS Reference Rates on its new web site at http://www.j-cds.com.
Financial institutions, which support to distribute CDS Reference Rates for the infrastructure development of CDS market, are the following 13 financial institutions.
- Barclays Capital Japan Limited
- Bear Stearns (Japan) Ltd.
- Credit Suisse First Boston Securities (Japan) Limited
- Deutsche Securities Limited, Tokyo Branch
- J.P. Morgan Securities Asia Pte. Limited
- Lehman Brothers Japan Inc.
- Mitsubishi Securities Co.,Ltd.
- Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
- Morgan Stanley Japan Limited
- Nikko Citigroup Limited
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- UFJ Bank Limited
2 When TIFFE launches a new futures product related to CDS, CDS Reference Rates will be utilized for rates of the underlyings.
