Restructuring & DistressedMedium

What is a 'recovery rate' on a bond, and roughly how does it relate to a credit default swap settlement?

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Recovery rate = value a creditor recovers per dollar of claim (face/par), so loss-given-default (LGD) = 1 − recovery rate. For CDS, after a credit event the recovery rate is set by an ISDA auction…

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