Greek Crisis Raises New Fears Over Credit-Default Swaps
By Peter Eavis
Published February 21 2012 New York Times
Greece’s debt restructuring is dragging credit-default swaps back into the spotlight. The last time this financial instrument was on the global stage was in 2008, when the American International Group’s credit-default swaps brought the insurer, as well as the wider financial system, to the brink of collapse. A.I.G. had unique weaknesses, and regulators have started to overhaul the credit-default swap market since 2008.
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