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What is CS01?

Definition 13.13 Rates, Credit, XVA and Risk · Chapter 13 — Reduced-Form Credit

The CS01 of a position is the change in its value when a credit spread rises by one basis point: bucketed, per quoted maturity with the hazard curve re-bootstrapped, or parallel.

Examples

Example 13.15 (A protection position)

Long USD 10 million of five-year protection at the 100 coupon on the curve of Example 13.7: worth USD 88 133 (the risky annuity is 4.41), with a CS01 of USD 4 391 on the five-year quote and almost nothing elsewhere, and a jump-to-default gain of USD 5.91 million.

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