Development of credit derivatives trading

The bachelor thesis is focused on the structure and development of credit derivatives market. The thesis provides a basic summary for insight into credit derivatives market. The first part deals with general specifications of derivatives, their structure, functions and relevant categorization. The main chapter is dedicated to the most frequently used variants of credit derivatives, namely, credit default swap, total return swap and credit-linked note. Predominantly traded credit default swap indices and basic valuation of a credit risk are described in the second and third parts. The last part analyses the trend of clearing and standardization of contracts through a centralized counterparty on over-the-counter markets and summarizes the current credit derivatives market development. The main goal is to analyze the trend and regulation of contracts settlements through centralized counterparty and examine the current credit derivatives market activity