The Covid-19 pandemic has created global economic uncertainties and disrupted global supply chain management. As the manager of a global bond fund, you have been tasked to formulate and propose pre-emptive strategies to mitigate your funds credit risk in the next three years. One of the strategies is to use credit default swaps (CDS) instruments to mitigate credit risk.

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Justify your CDS strategy based on the current and projected economic environment.