CDS Kinetics

Access insights derived from the industry's largest source of credit default swap position data to better assess liquidity, market positioning and risk.

CDS Kinetics

Gain Deeper Credit Market Insights

Make more informed trading, investment and risk management decisions with CDS Kinetics, one of the most comprehensive views of the global CDS market. Powered by data from DTCC's Trade Information Warehouse (TIW), CDS Kinetics provides visibility into liquidity, trading activity and market trends across CDS indices and a broad range of corporate, sovereign, tranche, agency, municipal and loan instruments.

Leveraging insights from approximately $10 trillion in credit derivatives, CDS Kinetics helps investors evaluate relative value opportunities, support trading strategies and better understand market positioning. The result is greater transparency to identify opportunities, assess risk and navigate changing market conditions with confidence.

Key Features & Benefits

Market Transparency

Leverage more than 13 unique views of the data. Gain access to 10+ years of consolidated time-series and historical data to expand your analysis.

Operational Efficiency

An intuitive application lets you visualize your decision-making strategy and examine performance details through simple, powerful graphical views of the data. Flexible delivery options via SFTP, API or access the new enhanced CDS Kinetics web portal.

Multivariate Perspectives on CDS

Evaluate observations of single names, indexes and tranches securities with aggregated outputs of gross notional, net notional, and trade volumes. As well as securities by market sector, market type, and geographical regions. Analyze security activity with a focus on market risk-related movements.

Market Coverage

Access anonymized positions aggregated from 2,500+ market participants across the globe, including major dealers, and buy-side firms. Extensive coverage with 1,700+ unique index and single name CDS securities.