Financial crisis of 2007 has raised serious concerns regarding soundness of financial system. It has been pointed out by several academic scholars that root cause of recent turmoil is embedded deep and closely connected with innovation in credit risk transfer. This study examines the motives behind creation of derivative market and their role in financial meltdown. Among the credit derivatives the two most widely used or abused tools, credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations, played a significant role in rapid establishment of credit derivative universe thereby leaving...