Qusetion: What are the roles played by exchanges, clearing houses, clearing exchange members, and non-clearing exchange members in the structure of futures contract transactions?
What is the ISDA? How does this relate to derivative markets here in the U.S.?
What are cleared vs. non-cleared products with respect to the OTC markets? What role does collateralization and/or margins play within the markets for these two types of products? What are bespoke products on the OTC? What is a central clearing party and how does it differ from bilateral clearing?
What is Libor and what are Eurodollars? How to they relate to each other and what role do they play in the global markets for liquidity?
What is the Fed Funds rate and how does it compare to Libor? How does the Fed Funds rate compare to commercial paper?