After "Irreparable Damage" Warnings, Wall Street Finally Cracks Down On CDS Manipulation
Last January, after several perplexing instances when credit default swaps mysteriously traded in precisely the opposite direction of where they were supposed to, derivatives traders finally "cried foul" over the Blackstone-led refinancing deal for US housebuilder Hovnanian, saying what they had just observed threatened to further undermine the shrinking market for credit default swaps.