Add to ORKGThe thesis covers three main areas regarding credit derivatives. The first part brings comprehensive description of currently known and broadly used credit derivatives. It provides a full explanation of its mechanism, advantages, settlement and practical examples of investment. The second part attempts to clarify the valuation and pricing of the basic credit derivative - credit default swap. The aim of this part is to explain the basic principles of valuing credit default swaps and to show practical examples by using markets systems (Bloomberg examples presented). It is shown how to read market data, how to analyze credit spreads and opportunities of arbitrage. The last part of my thesis gives a comprehensive commentary on global credit der...